Author: Gao Xingjian

Quotes

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

- Gao Xingjian

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

- Gao Xingjian

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

- Gao Xingjian

Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.

Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.

- Gao Xingjian

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

- Gao Xingjian

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