Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

It [success] is really by mistake.

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.