All Mo Yan Quotes
- People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature. Incapable
- A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him. Him
- Where there's life, death is inevitable. Dying's easy; it's living that's hard. The harder it gets, the stronger the will to live. And the greater… Death
- The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. Act
- A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor. Bravely
- The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black mulberry… Acacia
- All kinds of mysterious phenomena exist in this world, but answers to most of them have come with advances in scientific knowledge. Love is the… Advances
- Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions. Hide
- I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls. Audience
- A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel. Bury
- A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls-the demons' pen. Bird
- For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. Able
- I have always been independent. Been
- I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. Compassion
- I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world. Authors
- I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up. Countryside
- Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation. Creation
- No person writes to win awards. Awards
- One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety. Biggest
- Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life. Circumstances