He says, "Western authors write for publication and for their readers, but this concept is still very foreign to some mainland Chinese authors." His concept of creative writing has never included consideration of whether what he writes is to be published.
「西方作家為出版，為讀者而寫的概念，對一些大陸作家來說，還是很不熟悉的」，他說，一直到現在，他創作的概念裡，還沒有出版的因素在內。