A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.

We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.