Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

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.

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.

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

The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.