I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.

I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.

My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.

I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.

I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.