I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

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

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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