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

Topics: Writing Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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....

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

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...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only...

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only...