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> [In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to be that guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/in-general-writers-who-talk-to-their-colleagues-and-neighbors/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

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## More by Ken Liu

> [I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and-a-voice-down-to-a-set-of/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [People who are ambitious - politicians who crave power - think that they're in control of it, but at some point, the movement that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/people-who-are-ambitious-politicians-who-crave-power-think-that-they/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“My goal is to act as a faithful interpreter, preserving as much of the original's nuances of meaning as possible without embellishment or omission.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/my-goal-is-to-act-as-a-faithful-interpreter-preserving-as-much-of-the/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“It’s hard to hear the music behind the words when their meanings get in the way,” she told me once.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/it-s-hard-to-hear-the-music-behind-the-words-when-their-meanings-get/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [The 'silk' in silkpunk refers not to a source of power, but to an entirely different, expressive technology language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-silk-in-silkpunk-refers-not-to-a-source-of-power-but-to-an/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“A memory is a re-creation, precious because it is both more and less than the original.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/a-memory-is-a-re-creation-precious-because-it-is-both-more-and-less/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [Almost all of my stories can be understood to be elaborations on our drive to remake the world and our adjustments to the result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/almost-all-of-my-stories-can-be-understood-to-be-elaborations-on-our/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“Dad and I went on walking, our shadows touching.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/dad-and-i-went-on-walking-our-shadows-touching/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“I can only wish that someday you’ll also be pestered by a student as persistent to learn what you do not wish to teach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-can-only-wish-that-someday-you-ll-also-be-pestered-by-a-student-as/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [I think male authors who want to try to tackle these issues of representation of women can generally do a better job if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-think-male-authors-who-want-to-try-to-tackle-these-issues-of/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“Surveillance is surveillance. I can never understand why some people think it matters whether it's the government doing it to you or a company.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/surveillance-is-surveillance-i-can-never-understand-why-some-people/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/whenever-you-talk-about-chinese-dragons-emperors-palaces-concubines/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [We have never had a society that was truly just. Some groups have always benefited at the expense of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/we-have-never-had-a-society-that-was-truly-just-some-groups-have/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [“By custom, we wield the sword and wear the armor, but who among you does not know a mother, sister, daughter, friend, who exceeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/by-custom-we-wield-the-sword-and-wear-the-armor-but-who-among-you/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

> [My wife, Lisa, and I both grew up on wuxia - Chinese historical romances. They're kind of analogous to Western epics. They're based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/my-wife-lisa-and-i-both-grew-up-on-wuxia-chinese-historical-romances/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

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