{"author":"F. Sionil Jose","author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose","total_quotes":16,"quotes":[{"text":"All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["power","gun","rich "],"id":66961,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"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.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["hard work","music","art "],"id":141593,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"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.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["media","radio","little "],"id":220403,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"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.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["wisdom","humility","mistake "],"id":237123,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["influence","young","nation "],"id":257682,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"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.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["language","literature","tool "],"id":283598,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["day","god","thank god "],"id":285100,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"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.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["christmas","weather","harvest "],"id":309125,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["i am","peasant","alike "],"id":327202,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"},{"text":"I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.","author":"F. Sionil Jose","tags":["music","passion","living "],"id":328139,"author_id":"F.+Sionil+Jose"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}