Quotes by : F. Sionil Jose

All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that....

Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should....

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that....

November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts....

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much....

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle....

We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there....

I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the....

I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.