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....

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

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

Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate....

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