Liao sees literature as "the study of people." It may seem that art imitates life, but actually it has a greater, more difficult role--it helps people find a way. Wounds that will never heal, regrets that can never be fixed, dreams and loves that have been lost--in the world of literature, all can be made well again.
廖輝英堅信，文學相等於「人學」，或許乍看像在複製人生，其實它有著更大也更艱鉅的任務 — — 它其實是在替人生找出路：不能和上天和解的傷口、無法追索的遺憾、失落的夢想與情愛，在文學國度裡，或有可能尋訪。