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Writer Quotes by Mo Yan
- A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.
- The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.
- A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.
- 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…
- A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
- A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one…
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