Quotes by Gao Xingjian

• When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
• Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
• Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
• 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.
• In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?