"It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth."

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Source : "Living without 'isms'". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2008.

Gao Xingjian

#True Life Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Literature Quotes

“When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself”
“I pretty much ate everything that I like and I've always wanted to eat and I just didn't hold myself back and it was the best.”
“I always try to look for the best in most places.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.”
“I worry about international terror as a method for bringing about political change or sociological change in different countries. And this concerns me because our homeland is not immune from this kind of dastardly attack. And so I worry about that a lot.”
“A page of good prose remains invincible.”
“I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love.”
“After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing we have in common is that we're sick of feeling afraid. we want to dare greatly. We're tired of the national conversation centering on "What should we fear" and "Who should we blame?" We all want to be brave.”

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