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Mo Yan

All kinds of mysterious pheno...

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.

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I write about my region, the ...

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

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I think that China has many o...

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

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Possibly because I've lived s...

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

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When someone forces me to do ...

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

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When literature exists, perha...

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.

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My works are Chinese literatu...

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.

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A writer should bury his thou...

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

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I heard so many stories from ...

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.

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I'll continue on the path I'v...

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.

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The sun, a red wheel, was sin...

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.

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The act of giving voice to th...

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

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Where there's life, death is ...

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.

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Some may want to shout on the...

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.

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People who are strangers to l...

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

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I heard so many stories from G...

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.

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Mo Yan

I know what real courage is, a...

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

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When someone forces me to do s...

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

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One of the biggest problems in...

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

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Mo Yan

Possibly because I've lived so...

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

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