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Writing Quotes by Gao Xingjian
- For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own…
- Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
- In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had…
- Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
- To subvert is not the aim of literature, its value lies in discovering and revealing what is rarely known, little known, thought to be known…
- When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
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- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
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- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov