A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.

There are people who are willing to work within the system, and people who don't want to work with the system at all.

One easy mistake to make with the first novel is to expand the short story. Some things are better as a story; you cannot dilute things into a novel. I think the first hundred pages of a novel are very important. That's where you set things up: the world, the characters. Once you've set that up, it'll be much easier.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.

If I didn't self-censor, I would be in jail, and then I wouldn't be effective at all.

I think our eyes are trained to look for what we want to see.

It is a Chinese tradition that everyone has to be in everyone else's life.