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Mo Yan quotes: I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

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

Mo Yan quotes: The dead are noble, the living worthless.

The dead are noble, the living worthless.

Mo Yan quotes: A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

Mo Yan quotes: Dear brother," Number Two replied, "I can eat shit, I just don't like the taste.

Dear brother," Number Two replied, "I can eat shit, I just don't like the taste.

Mo Yan quotes: I have always been independent.

I have always been independent.

Mo Yan quotes: Wind, then rain, and then the blue sky.

Wind, then rain, and then the blue sky.

Mo Yan quotes: And the chewing and swallowing imbue me with an unadulterated sense of donkey delight.

And the chewing and swallowing imbue me with an unadulterated sense of donkey delight.

Mo Yan quotes: A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.

A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.

Mo Yan quotes: A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls - the demons' pen.

A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls - the demons' pen.

Mo Yan quotes: There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.

There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.

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

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

Mo Yan quotes: Always choose life. A demeaned life is better than the best death.

Always choose life. A demeaned life is better than the best death.

Mo Yan quotes: Heavens never seals off all the exits

Heavens never seals off all the exits

Mo Yan quotes: When people are driven nearly mad, they are imbued with superhuman strength and are capable of almost supernatural deeds.

When people are driven nearly mad, they are imbued with superhuman strength and are capable of almost supernatural deeds.

Mo Yan quotes: Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

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 quotes: When Communism has been realized, everyone will be a novelist.

When Communism has been realized, everyone will be a novelist.

Mo Yan quotes: Are women really wonderful things? Maybe they are. Yes, women are wonderful things, but when all is said and done, they aren't really things

Are women really wonderful things? Maybe they are. Yes, women are wonderful things, but when all is said and done, they aren't really things

Mo Yan quotes: Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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

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

Mo Yan quotes: I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

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

Mo Yan quotes: When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.

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

Mo Yan quotes: 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?

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?

Mo Yan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: No person writes to win awards.

No person writes to win awards.

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

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

Mo Yan quotes: People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.

People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.

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

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

Mo Yan quotes: If an earthworm in the ground won't starve to death, then neither will we, the working class." He

If an earthworm in the ground won't starve to death, then neither will we, the working class." He

Mo Yan quotes: I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

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

Mo Yan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: What a shame for a man like him to be born during peacetime. If he'd been born only a few decades earlier, he'd have worn the mantle of hero,

What a shame for a man like him to be born during peacetime. If he'd been born only a few decades earlier, he'd have worn the mantle of hero,

Mo Yan quotes: Only by recalling a dream is an insomniac sure he's slept.

Only by recalling a dream is an insomniac sure he's slept.

Mo Yan quotes: One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

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