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

Quote by Gao Xingjian

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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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.

Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

When guys lie, they say they love you. When girls lie, they say they don't.

When guys lie, they say they love you. When girls lie, they say they don't.

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives...

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives...

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly

Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do...

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do...

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors.

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors.