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.

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.

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

A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls-the demons' pen.

I have always been independent. I like it that way. When someone forces me to do something, I don't do it.

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.