Shan Sa Quotes

Shan Sa — French Author born on October 26, 1972,

Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni (born October 26, 1972 in Beijing, China), a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside of France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (a prize voted by secondary school students). Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress . She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011... (wikipedia)

Politicians are better liars than writers.

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.

I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.