Liao Yiwu Quotes
To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers have to take a stance on it.
If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries.
A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.