The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

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.