If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries. — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
Two years ago I was on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to my close friend, the writer Liu Xiaobo, who is imprisoned in China. To me it was confirmation that universal values and a moral code do exist, and that the point of the Nobel Prize is to… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share
“In these remote corners, I have discovered a center point, where East met West, and although there has been a collision of cultures, there… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
I have been living in Germany for one year and my impression is that people here are on a quest for the truth, they… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts. — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers have to… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
It is something wonderful when one can love another author. That happens so rarely, without any kind of misgivings that authors often have between… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
