During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security. A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.

The people who control culture in China have no culture.