Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.

The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security. A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.

Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much.

Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.

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