Everything is art. Everything is politics.

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

Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

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.

A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.

China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life.

I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me.