Books Quote by Mo Yan

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique…

— Mo Yan

I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little…

— Salman Rushdie

Since it was announced that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned my works and criticized…

— Gao Xingjian

Among non-fiction authors I like Richard Bach, Nichiren Daishonin, Burton Watson, Deepak Chopra and MJ Akbar.

— Mukul Dev

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

— V. S. Naipaul

“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews”

— Milena Banks

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

— Jeanne Calment

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a…

— Richard MacDonald

China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the…

— Bill Gates

Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need…

— Damon Albarn

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international…

— Naguib Mahfouz

There's this long history of colonialism and the colonial gaze when applied to matters related to China. So a lot of conceptions about China…

— Ken Liu