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

[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.

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

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.