All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

Now I've come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable. There's no such thing as "fixed" culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems. Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I'll find my way - or get totally lost.

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.