Guan Moye Quotes

China, Novelist
February 17, 1955

Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè, better known by the pen name Mo Yan (/moʊ jɛn/, Chinese: 莫言; pinyin: Mò Yán), is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers", and Jim Leach called him the Chinese answer to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.

Also known as Short Story Writer

A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

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

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- Suffering
- Voice
- Act

Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.

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

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No person writes to win awards.

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- Win
- Awards
- Writes
My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.

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Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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

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- Write
- Souls
- Audiences

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

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People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.

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When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.

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- To Do
- Forces