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.

China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

I think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology - it's not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China's problems are not just China's problems - they're human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.

We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.