Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.

Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyones individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will belies waiting on the road ahead.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it.

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing of things following the development and decline attributes of the moment.

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

I'm able to see humor in a lot of things.

Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.

If your body could speak, what would it say?

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.

You've had to struggle, you've had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you've got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright

Those who boast about being "brutally honest" are usually more brutal than honest.

Snowboarding allows you to create your own path, and for me it was awesome because no one was telling me what to do. I could go out on the mountain and try new things and learn for myself.

This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.

[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.

All abilities come from one mind