Q+A: Xu Xiaobin

Getting to know the writer in her own words

Your favorite virtue?

Integrity.

Your favorite qualities in a man?

Tolerance.

Your favorite qualities in a woman?

Childlike and pure.

What do you appreciate most in your friends?

Kindheartedness.

If you could talk to a late master of your field, who would it be?

Italian writer Italo Calvino (1923-85), who's known for his novels Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler.

How do you wish to die?

I'd like to skip this question.

If not yourself, who would you like to be?

Italian actress Sophia Loren.

Your heroes in real life?

Napoleon Bonaparte.

The natural talent you'd like to be gifted with?

EQ, with higher index than what I have.

If there is one thing you want to change about yourself, what would it be?

I'd like to skip this question.