A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.

No person writes to win awards.

I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.