To me the truth comes first and then the literature. We in China are dealing with a dictatorial system and we writers have to take a stance on it.

- Liao Yiwu

I have been living in Germany for one year and my impression is that people here are on a quest for the truth, they have come to terms with the injus…

- Liao Yiwu

If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including …

- Liao Yiwu

A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.

- Liao Yiwu

Two years ago I was on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to my close friend, the writer Liu…

- Liao Yiwu

It is something wonderful when one can love another author. That happens so rarely, without any kind of misgivings that authors often have between ea…

- Liao Yiwu