As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.
Gao XingjianIf you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
Gao XingjianMen always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.
Gao XingjianTo subvert is not the aim of literature, its value lies in discovering and revealing what is rarely known, little known, thought to be known but in fact not very well known of the truth of the human world. It would seem that truth is the unassailable and most basic quality of literature.
Gao Xingjian