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

For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today's life and no discussion of the real conditions - which is really sickening. They've become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.

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

In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].