I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.

No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me. These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.

No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

If I walk on the street, if I go to a restaurant, people come to me and say: "Can we take a photo together? Can you give me your autograph?" They would bring their expensive Armani or Prada wallet to sign. Other people who are desperate show me a photo of their dead daughter and ask: Can you support me? I tell them: How can I? Morally, of course, I sympathize with you. But I cannot support you and you cannot support me. This is the condition of this society. We are separated.