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.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.