Ma Jian
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.
More quotes and aphorisms
If you think nobody cares about you, try missing...With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion...We cannot do everything at once, but we can...I grew up in a house my parents built together...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials...Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't...