I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

This so-called fame or being better off doesn't really attract me at all.

If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.

I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come out. They serve five or six years, come out another time, and then nine years. Come out again, 12 years. Only because they have a different opinion. They are innocent people, they have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.

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

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.