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Ma Jian quotes: Beauty can make a woman rich, but if she relies solely on her looks to get by, she'll always remain under a man's thumb.

Beauty can make a woman rich, but if she relies solely on her looks to get by, she'll always remain under a man's thumb.

Ma Jian quotes: I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Ma Jian quotes: In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.

In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.

Ma Jian quotes: Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

Ma Jian quotes: When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past.

When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past.

Ma Jian quotes: I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

Ma Jian quotes: Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.

Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.

Ma Jian quotes: When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.

When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.

Ma Jian quotes: If you exile a writer, however free the country he is sent to, there will always be a sense of internal constraint.

If you exile a writer, however free the country he is sent to, there will always be a sense of internal constraint.

Ma Jian quotes: I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

Ma Jian quotes: The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

Ma Jian quotes: When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

Ma Jian quotes: Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

Ma Jian quotes: On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.

On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.

Ma Jian quotes: I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

Ma Jian quotes: I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.

I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.

Ma Jian quotes: The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

Ma Jian quotes: Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.

Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.

Ma Jian quotes: Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.

Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.

Ma Jian quotes: Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.

Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.

Ma Jian quotes: I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.