You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.

The whole Chinese system - not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society - is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information. That's why the country can't face up to open competition - unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.