Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.

I don't think of myself as a dissident, and I'm more of an immigrant than an exile.

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.

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.

No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth.

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