Ma Jian

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth. ↗

— Ma Jian

#begin #body #everyone #individual #only

Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish. ↗

— Ma Jian

#finish #me #took #years

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

#china #completely #i #i see #lacking

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

— Ma Jian

#i #i believe #i believe that #literature #power

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually. ↗

— Ma Jian

#before #beijing #books #continually #i

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

— Ma Jian

#chinese #chinese people #could #crushed #fear

It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress. ↗

— Ma Jian

#barred #being #both #caused #china

Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner. ↗

— Ma Jian

#cruise #like #living #london #luxury

Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways. ↗

— Ma Jian

#burgeoning #dust #hopes #late #new

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #confirmation #entrance #grand #new