It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

In the grand tradition, both Chinese and Western painting have a close link with literature,

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women’s worlds.

I don’t want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

When you use words, you’re able to keep your mind alive. 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 not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued...

Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It’s the blind mass that crushes the individual.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.

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 family could turn you in.

Reality is myself, reality is only the perception of this instant and it can’t be related to another person.

Writing eases my suffering… writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.