I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.

Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

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

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.

Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.