It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.

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.

One owes loyalty, only, to those who demonstrate in kind.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

You always learn lessons in business.

The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song.

A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.

Life's a song,sing it

I don't like masterpieces having one-night stands in collectors' homes between auctions.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.