Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.
“In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.”
“I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.”