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F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape."

November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "I have tried to be very rational, although I know love and hate are not rational and explained feelings."

I have tried to be very rational, although I know love and hate are not rational and explained feelings.




F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted."

Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative."

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.




F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory."

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



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because you want wealth. It is the same with writing."

I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because you want wealth. It is the same with writing.



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity."

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.




F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice."

We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "We are shallow because we are 'mayabang, ' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom."

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang, ' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies."

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



F. Sionil Jose' Quotes: "I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike."

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