Chiu Ko Publishing founder Tsai Wen-fu is still convinced that Yu Kwang-chung will one day win the Nobel Prize. At any rate, as Yu himself has said, "Being recognized by one's own people is a writer's greatest honor."
九歌出版社創辦人蔡文甫至今堅信余光中一定能得諾貝爾文學獎，但，「一個作家能被自己民族所接受，就是最大的光榮」──余光中卻是這麼說的。