Author: Ma Jian

Quotes

China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it.

China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it.

- Ma Jian

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

- Ma Jian

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.

- Ma Jian

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

- Ma Jian

In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.

In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.

- Ma Jian

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

- Ma Jian

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