Genuine bravery for a writer... It is about calmly speaking the truth when everyone else is silenced, when the truth cannot be expressed. It is about…

- Murong Xuecun

The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.

- Murong Xuecun

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer—I am merely a…

- Murong Xuecun

Unfortunately, I have dedicated great effort to the task of compiling this ‘sensitive words glossary,’ and I have mastered my filtering skills. I kne…

- Murong Xuecun

Actually, I am a coward. I say only what is safe to say, and I criticise only what is permissable to criticise.

- Murong Xuecun

Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect wa…

- Murong Xuecun

Now, after I have published a few books, I can clearly feel the impact of censorship when I write. For example, I'll think of a sentence, and then re…

- Murong Xuecun