莫言在作品之外提出了大量有关文学创作的看法观点,其中关于作家观有着清晰而明确的论述。作家应当“作为一名老百姓”来写作,而不是刻意“为人民代言”。绝对的创作自由是没有的,所有的创作都是有限制的。创作中最难的就是个性的确立,它包含了两方面:与别人不同的独创性以及与自己不同的超越性。 Mo Yan put forward a large number of opinions on literary creation beyond his works, of which there is a clear and definite discourse on the concept of writers. Writers should “write as a people,” rather than deliberately “speak for the people.” There is no absolute freedom of creation, all creation is limited. The hardest part in creation is the establishment of individuality, which includes two aspects: different originality from others and different transcendence from oneself.