Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Quote by Gao Xingjian

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For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family....

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family....

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published...

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published...

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab...

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

Writing is a craft not an art.

Writing is a craft not an art.

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and...

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and...

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...