Li returned to the subject of politics: "Writers are not some sort of great men passing judgment on right and wrong. That's for Buddha and Jesus. We're just as confused as everybody else." "Sometimes I ask myself, 'Just who do you think you are?'
回到意識型態的問題，李永平仍然強調：「文學家沒有那麼偉大，看不清是非對錯，那是佛，是主的事。」