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.

I have always been independent.

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.

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

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