I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

After I was released, people used to keep asking me, 'what's it like to be free? And it was very difficult for me to answer. I'd always felt free. As far as my state of mind was concerned, I didn't feel any different...People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

At the moment I would like to emphasize the need for vocational training, for non-formal education in Burma to help all those young people who have suffered from a bad education. They have to be trained to earn their living. They have to have enough education vocational training to be able to set up respectable lives for themselves.

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.