"China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me."

"The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens."

"Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product it's an understanding of human nature."

"To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works."

"Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home."

"The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them."

"All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home."

"At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted."