I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls. Mo Yan More Quotes by Mo Yan More Quotes From Mo Yan Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life. Mo Yan understandingprofoundthinking Where there's life, death is inevitable. Dying's easy; it's living that's hard. The harder it gets, the stronger the will to live. And the greater the fear of death, the greater the struggle to keep on living. Mo Yan strongerdyingstruggle 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. Mo Yan politicalliteratureworld Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation. Mo Yan hungercreationloneliness People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature. Mo Yan literaturetalkingpeople 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. Mo Yan armyboyscountry When someone forces me to do something I don't do it. Mo Yan force 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 name of Ah Cheng wrote that love is just a chemical reaction, an unconventional point of view that seemed quite fresh at the time. But if love can be controlled and initiated by means of chemistry, then novelists would be out of a job. So while he may have had his finger on the truth, I'll remain a member of the loyal opposition. Mo Yan love-isjobsmean 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. Mo Yan uniquecountrypeople When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified! Mo Yan prayerwritingmean A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel. Mo Yan novelshouldcharacter The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black mulberry leaves turned as red as roses; pristine white acacia petals shed an enshrouding pale-green aura. Mild evening breezes made both the mulberry leaves and the acacia petals dance and whirl, filling the woods with a soft rustle. Mo Yan sunsetsummerbeautiful No person writes to win awards. Mo Yan awardswinningwriting The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. Mo Yan voicespiritualviews I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion. Mo Yan real-couragecompassionreal Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions. Mo Yan voiceliteratureuse A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor. Mo Yan shouldfacesorder 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 think they are a little puzzled by this. Mo Yan storieswritingthinking 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. Mo Yan feetwritingpeople One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety. Mo Yan subtletyproblemliterature
