If You Have Love, Even Plain Cold

For Anyone To Open Their Heart, They Need The Right Atmosphere, And Something To Prompt Them. For My Mother It Was Her Trip Abroad: She Was In A Very Relaxed, Understanding Environment. I Was Very Sympathetic Towards Her.

The Chinese Seemed To Be Mourning Mao In A Heartfelt Fashion. But I Wondered How Many Of Their Tears Were Genuine. People Had Practiced Acting To Such A Degree That They Confused It With Their True Feelings.

When A Man Gets Power, Even His Chickens And Dogs Rise To Heaven.

While I Was Writing Wild Swans I Thought The Famine Was The Result Of Economic Mismanagement But During The Research I Realised That It Was Something More Sinister.

When He Asked My Grandmother If She Would Mind Being Poor, She Said She Would Be Happy Just To Have Her Daughter And Himself: 'if You Have Love, Even Plain Water Is Sweet.