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.
More Quotes by Mo Yan
When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.
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.
I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.
Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.
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 think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.