I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

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

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

Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.

My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution. Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.