A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.

To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers have to take a stance on it.

If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries.

Never get tired of dreaming no matter how failed you got. the more you fails the more it gets you wiser the more you will achieve what you're hoping for ...... Be positive

I think so muchmay be it never endswhen this night endsthere's another at handI sleep with oneand wake with onewith everything else onthis life goes on.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

Better to be a spirit with the earth beneath you than a corpse pinned tight by the weight of the world.

Confidence isn't something you prove to people, it's something that comes off from who you are and how you represent yourself.

If critics of 'readable fiction' want literature to change the ways people dream, they need first to come down from the mountain and speak to the people.

He studied cities as women study their reflections.

Joe Paterno was a dictator.

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.