Mo Yan

The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and…

— Mo Yan

“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from…

— Mo Yan

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint…

— Mo Yan

“Strong winds eventually cease, unhappy families return to peace”

— Mo Yan

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

— Mo Yan

I have always been independent. I like it that way. When someone forces me to do something, I don't do it.

— Mo Yan

“A stable, peaceful society is the training ground for humanity, just as caged animals, removed from the violent unpredictability of the wild,…

— Mo Yan

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army…

— Mo Yan

“The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.”

— Mo Yan

“There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.”

— Mo Yan

“The young must not scoff at the old, for flowers don’t bloom forever”

— Mo Yan

“run, run, you can’t get away, the monk can run but the temple will never get away!”

— Mo Yan

When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.

— Mo Yan

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

— Mo Yan

“I sometimes think that there is a link between the decline in humanity and the increase in prosperity and comfort. Property and…

— Mo Yan

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

— Mo Yan

“Todo el mundo sabía que las balas no tienen ojos, que las bombas no son muy dadas a pedir disculpas y que…

— Mo Yan

“When Communism has been realized, everyone will be a novelist.”

— Mo Yan

“Dear brother," Number Two replied, "I can eat shit, I just don't like the taste.”

— Mo Yan

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should…

— Mo Yan

“Am I drunk?" he asked Crewcut. "You're not drunk, Boss," Crewcut replied. "How could a superior individual like you be drunk? People…

— Mo Yan

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened…

— Mo Yan

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

— Mo Yan

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

— Mo Yan

“and the chewing and swallowing imbue me with an unadulterated sense of donkey delight.”

— Mo Yan