“ Literary revolution and revolutionary literature did not create a beautiful new world but instead divested literature of its basic nature, promoted violence, and, by resorting to linguistic violence, made a battlefield of this domain of spiritual freedom. ”
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“ Maybe there isn't a God after all, maybe there's only a universe rotating by itself like a millstone. ”
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“ In the grand tradition, both Chinese and Western painting have a close link with literature. ”
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“ Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ”
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“ Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love. ”
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“ 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 to write? - Nobel Lecture 2000. ”
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“ Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love. ”
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“ Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love. ”
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“ In the grand tradition, both Chinese and Western painting have a close link with literature. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ”
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“ For me, writing 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. ”
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“ In my view the time for rousing revolutionary literature has passed, because the revolution has already revolutionised itself to death and has left behind only bitterness and a sort of weariness, listlessness and even nausea. ”
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“ Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? ”
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“ Once the buttons are undone, you know how it'll all end. It's all in the game, there are no miracles. ”
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“ To subvert is not the aim of literature, its value lies in discovering and revealing what is rarely known, little known, thought to be known but in fact not very well known of the truth of the human world. It would seem that truth is the unassailable and most basic quality of literature. ”
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“ Everybody is wearing a mask. It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. ”
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“ Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ”
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“ In my view the time for rousing revolutionary literature has passed, because the revolution has already revolutionised itself to death and has left behind only bitterness and a sort of weariness, listlessness and even nausea. ”
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“ Once the buttons are undone, you know how it'll all end. It's all in the game, there are no miracles. ”
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“ In my view the time for rousing revolutionary literature has passed, because the revolution has already revolutionised itself to death and has left behind only bitterness and a sort of weariness, listlessness and even nausea. ”
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“ Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ”
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“ Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? ”
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“ 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 to write? - Nobel Lecture 2000. ”
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“ Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. ”
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