It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? - Nobel Lecture 2000.

In the grand tradition, both Chinese and Western painting have a close link with literature,

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?