Pero, cómo pudo Lu Wenli irse con el profesor Liu? -pregunté-. ¡Es inconcebible!-Acaso era concebible meterle la pelota en la boca de un requetazo? -replicó He Zhiwu.Indudablemente, eso formaba parte de las cosas inconcebibles, lo...

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.

Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?

When someone forces me to do something I don’t do it.

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 sole holdout-nothing can explain it. A Chinese writer by the...

My little donkey, if I hadn’t shown up, your fate would have been sealed. Love has saved you. Is there anything else that could erase the innate fears of a donkey and send him to...

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 people.

Mientras contemplaba al presidente tendido en el sarcófago de cristal, recordé la sensación de cataclismo que había tenido dos años antes al oír la noticia de su fallecimiento; el desengaño al descubrir que en el...

No person writes to win awards.

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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 uniform expression.

Possibly because I’ve lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.

A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

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 become famous around the world through my writings, but I...

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also...

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one’s survival.

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 culture and folk customs.

I’d discovered that the range of beauty in breasts is wide; while one should never lightly say that a pair is ugly, one can easily say that a pair of breasts is beautiful. Hedgehogs are...

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.

I have always been independent.

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.