We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?

We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?

Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small cog in the revolutionary machine. I wanted to be a human being with a voice.

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it.

You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often I think a lot of writers write because they have failed to do other things. How many writers can’t drive? A lot. They’re not practical. They are not capable in everyday life.