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.

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Law is order, and good law is good order.

Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

We believe that our RAW team will, basically, exploit Shane's McMahon lack of regular wrestling.

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.

How could she go on without him? And, at the same time, how could she go on knowing that every moment of their time together had meant so little to him

We have within us the power to uplift ourselves. This power is our own awareness.

I'm amazed to find those countries are in Europe.