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.
A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.
I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.
Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.