Mo Yan

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.

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.