2000 Nobel Prize Winner of Literature, Gao Xingjian is revered for his writings and story=telling. In time, he was banned by the Chinese government for his expressions of life, politics and society.

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

I find the expression of thoughts in writing or in speech to cleanse my mind and clarity of spirit.

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