I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.

When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me one of the few things you can dowhere you're never bored.

Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is.

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.

I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

There's nothing about interdependence that would keep somebody from making art.