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

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt.

my mother and then my mom then my mom

Writing as a creative art flourishes only when there are no rules. Rules stifle you from entering the silent and forbidden spaces where the core of the story is waiting to be revealed.

people in new york are authorized by convention to snoop around and mentally measure and pass comment on any real estate they're invited to step into.

...love rather than fear...this radical philosophy is coming from me, an avowed misanthrope...surely there is hope for us all.

What inspires me may not inspire someone else.

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

If you are really standing up for the family, you then have to say, how do we change our school system, how do we fix tax policy so that our families are supported?

To give and not expect anything in return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

In the darkness of your thoughts I would like to be a light.