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# Ken Liu

(1976)   Linguist   People's Republic of China

 **114** quotes in **342** categories

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Ken Liu is a linguist from People's Republic of China, best known for *Inseln im Netz*.

## Quick Facts About Ken Liu

Born January 1, 1976

Nationality People's Republic of China

Profession Linguist

Notable works Inseln im Netz

Known for The Wall of Storms, The Paper Menagerie, Q48413184

## About Ken Liu

His stories have appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Reactor, Uncanny Magazine and in several “Year’s Best” anthologies.

## Awards & Honors

Nebula Award for Best Short Story Hugo Award for Best Short Story Locus Award for Best First Novel World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction Ignotus Award for Best Anthology Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story Locus Award for Best Collection Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story

##  Quotes by Ken Liu · Page 2

> [Translation is an act of recreation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/translation-is-an-act-of-recreation/)

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[Act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/act/)

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> [“she likes the sound of languages other than English.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/she-likes-the-sound-of-languages-other-than-english/)

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[Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/)

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> [“Mono no aware, my son, is an empathy with the universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/mono-no-aware-my-son-is-an-empathy-with-the-universe/)

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[Empathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empathy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/ken-liu-4222_empathy_mono-no-aware-my-son-is-an-empathy-with_2581610.jpg)

> [“All life is an experiment.’” “A”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/all-life-is-an-experiment-a/)

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[Experiment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experiment/)

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> [“Love, or the lack of it, is not within my domains of expertise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/love-or-the-lack-of-it-is-not-within-my-domains-of-expertise/)

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[Lack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lack/)

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

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[Drive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drive/)

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> [The idea that somehow the way forward is to abandon the past, to me, is preposterous and both undesirable and unrealistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-idea-that-somehow-the-way-forward-is-to-abandon-the-past-to-me-is/)

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[Forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forward/)

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> [The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-truth-is-not-delicate-and-it-does-not-suffer-from-denial-the/)

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[Delicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delicate/)

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> [The evolution of art is not only driven by artists, but by a conversation between the artists and the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-evolution-of-art-is-not-only-driven-by-artists-but-by-a/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> ['The Grace of Kings' was meant to read like a set of legends about characters who were bigger than life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-grace-of-kings-was-meant-to-read-like-a-set-of-legends-about/)

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[Bigger than life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger-than-life/)

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> [“Every moment, as we walk on this earth, we are watched and judged by the eyes of the universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/every-moment-as-we-walk-on-this-earth-we-are-watched-and-judged-by/)

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[Every moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-moment/)

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> [I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-m-often-asked-how-i-get-ideas-for-my-stories-the-answer-is-there-s/)

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[Answer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answer/)

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> [“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/)

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[Memory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/)

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> [I get to use fiction as a way to work out my thinking and to delight readers in the process. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-get-to-use-fiction-as-a-way-to-work-out-my-thinking-and-to-delight/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

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

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[Concubines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concubines/)

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> [The way that China has been described in Western narratives makes it hard to tell a story that will escape the stereotypes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-way-that-china-has-been-described-in-western-narratives-makes-it/)

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[Escape](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/escape/)

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> [Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/like-pretty-much-every-short-story-writer-i-submitted-to-every-market/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [My fiction occupies, actually, the very heart of American culture: this eternal question and struggle of what it means to be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/my-fiction-occupies-actually-the-very-heart-of-american-culture-this/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [It's incredible to me that any two individual minds, trapped in their skulls and bodies and histories and unique experiences, are able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/it-s-incredible-to-me-that-any-two-individual-minds-trapped-in-their/)

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[Psychology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/)

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> [I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-find-most-rules-about-how-to-write-a-good-story-confining-and-i/)

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[Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/)

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> [I think that what's unique about sci-fi - at least from the view of a lot of Chinese writers - is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-think-that-what-s-unique-about-sci-fi-at-least-from-the-view-of-a/)

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[Chinese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chinese/)

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> [“We also fight our war against hail and storm, against drought and deprivation, against the sharp blade of the weeding hoe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/we-also-fight-our-war-against-hail-and-storm-against-drought-and/)

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[Every day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-day/)

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> [I was a tax attorney for something like seven years, so I was a tax geek. I was really into it. Tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-was-a-tax-attorney-for-something-like-seven-years-so-i-was-a-tax/)

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[Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/)

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> [“But being the mirrors for each other's souls has a cost: by the time they part from each other, the individuals in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/but-being-the-mirrors-for-each-other-s-souls-has-a-cost-by-the-time/)

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[Cost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cost/)

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> [There's this long history of colonialism and the colonial gaze when applied to matters related to China. So a lot of conceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/there-s-this-long-history-of-colonialism-and-the-colonial-gaze-when/)

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[Colonialism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colonialism/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/ken-liu-4222_fight_there-s-this-long-history-of-colonialism_1231590.jpg)

> [Real history is far more complex and interesting than the simplistic summaries presented in Wikipedia articles. Knowing this allows you to question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/real-history-is-far-more-complex-and-interesting-than-the-simplistic/)

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[Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/)

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> [“But the real attraction of such technology has never been about capturing reality. Photography, videography, holography... the progression of such “reality-capturing” technology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/but-the-real-attraction-of-such-technology-has-never-been-about/)

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[Photography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photography/)

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> [There's inherent cultural imbalance whenever you're translating from Chinese to English. Educated Chinese readers are expected not only to know about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/there-s-inherent-cultural-imbalance-whenever-you-re-translating-from/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [I'm conscious of the fact that I'm sort of a bridging figure. I have my Chinese literary heritage and cultural background, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-m-conscious-of-the-fact-that-i-m-sort-of-a-bridging-figure-i-have/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [“But it is the event horizon around a black hole where the Tull-Toks claim the greatest books are to be found. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/but-it-is-the-event-horizon-around-a-black-hole-where-the-tull-toks/)

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[Black hole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-hole/)

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> [“The body is intelligent, I think. It knows how to say what it means to be alive better than the mind ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-body-is-intelligent-i-think-it-knows-how-to-say-what-it-means-to/)

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[Commands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commands/)

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> [I don't really care that much about genre labels. I tend to write across a variety of different genres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-don-t-really-care-that-much-about-genre-labels-i-tend-to-write/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [The problems faced by writers of color are analogous to the problems face by women writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-problems-faced-by-writers-of-color-are-analogous-to-the-problems/)

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[Color](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/)

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> [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/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [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/)

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[Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/)

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> [“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/)

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[Hear music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hear-music/)

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> [“Could the stories that parents tell children to lull them to sleep actually be true?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/could-the-stories-that-parents-tell-children-to-lull-them-to-sleep/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“For a moment, as I listened to her, I felt as if I could step through the distance between us and hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/for-a-moment-as-i-listened-to-her-i-felt-as-if-i-could-step-through/)

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[Listened](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listened/)

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> [As an American writer, the literary tradition that I draw on the most is the Anglo-American one, and when you are writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/as-an-american-writer-the-literary-tradition-that-i-draw-on-the-most/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [The 'Grace of Kings' isn't a narrative about a return to some golden age, to a lost status quo ante. It portrays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-grace-of-kings-isn-t-a-narrative-about-a-return-to-some-golden/)

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[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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