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Writing Quotes by Mo Yan
- A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.
- I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.
- I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.
- No person writes to win awards.
- I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have…
- 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 of the ordinary…
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov