I know that human beings are capable of anything. Ben Okri beingcapablehuman Change image and share on social
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing. Ben Okri attentioncommondraw Change image and share on social
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare. Ben Okri dickenhomeliterature Change image and share on social
The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things. Ben Okri acceptacknowledgecode share on social
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. Ben Okri beingdefinitiondescription Change image and share on social
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. Ben Okri africafuturejazz Change image and share on social
When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in. Ben Okri begincreateimagine Change image and share on social
