Yan Yan Quotes: top 71 famous quotes about Yan Yan

Yan Yan Quotes & Sayings

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

You don't have to show people how successful you are. — Martin Yan

The dead are noble, the living worthless. — Mo Yan

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

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys. — Martin Yan

I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do. — Teodoro A. Agoncillo

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

I have always been independent. — Mo Yan

Wind, then rain, and then the blue sky. — Mo Yan

Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning. — Martin Yan

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

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

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

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters. — Martin Yan

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

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher. — Martin Yan

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

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me. — Martin Yan

I normally don't eat junk food. — Martin Yan

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

Heavens never seals off all the exits — Mo Yan

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

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

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

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

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

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent. — Martin Yan

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

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

Wullie! Big Yan! Come quick!' she yelled. 'He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! — Terry Pratchett

I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day. — Martin Yan

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

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back. — Martin Yan

So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out. — Martin Yan

Writing is the equivalent to a striptease. — Kit Yan

I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed. — Martin Yan

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans. — Martin Yan

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play. — Martin Yan

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables. — Martin Yan

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything. — Martin Yan

I enjoy the quiet life. — Martin Yan

I live a very low-key life. — Martin Yan

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united. — Martin Yan

When you have a good stock, you can make a good soup. — Martin Yan

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

First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef. — Martin Yan

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large. — Martin Yan

Happy Valentine's day sir! Next year, happy anniversary na yan ha. — Toni Gonzaga

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

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

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general. — Martin Yan

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

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant. — Martin Yan

Do what others do not do, Believe in what others do not believe, Feel what others cant feel, Become what others cannot be — Yan Antropov

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion. — Martin Yan

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

No person writes to win awards. — Mo Yan

You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good. — Martin Yan

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

If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things. — Martin Yan

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful. — Martin Yan

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef. — Martin Yan

Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime. — Salman Rushdie

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation. — Mo Yan

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

Always start with the freshest ingredients. — Martin Yan

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

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

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. — Martin Yan

I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life. — Martin Yan