Quotes by : F. Sionil Jose

I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But....

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my....

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....

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

Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.....

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....

I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation.....

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