Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Ryszard Kapuscinski quotes and sayings page 2 (journalist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 35 we have.
“My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.”
“Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible thanks to the hypocrisy of the East and the West who were waging the Cold War for world domination.”
“The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.”
“He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.”
“We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres.”
“I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.”
“The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.”
“The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.”
“Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.”
“Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived.”
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