Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.

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

China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.

I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.