Xiaolu Guo quotes

State censorship was an obvious assault on our creativity, but few Chinese writers actually acknowledge the serious and endemic issue of self-censorship. For me it was as clear as the operation of the state's apparatus – without self-censorship an artist in China would get nowhere and had no voice. (Xiaolu Guo)

My growing environmental awareness only added more fuel to the argument for having no children. And the logic of never-ending consumption didn't just harm the environment, it killed people too.

Xiaolu Guo

I Am China is a parallel story about two Chinese lovers in exile – the external and internal exile that I had felt since leaving China.

Xiaolu Guo

I could only see myself making a living through writing, as I had done in China. But should I write in Chinese here, a foreign land, or enrol in a language class and study English grammar? If I continued to write in Chinese I would have no readers here. Besides, I would never create a community of fellow artists and thinkers in my Western life while speaking Chinese.

Xiaolu Guo

Xiaolu Guo

Occupation: Novelist
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