The police force has repeatedly demonstrated an inability and unwillingness to carry out its fundamental mandate: to serve and protect the people of Hong Kong. It has been reduced to a mere instrument of repression subservient to the political agenda of Beijing's regime in Hong Kong.

I do not lead the Hong Kong protests, because no one person leads the protests.

Having grown up under Chinese rule, I don't have any memory of colonial Hong Kong or feel any attachment to it.

I believe elitism in politics is over, and a new path to achieving democracy should be charted by young people who have the most at stake in the future of our city.

I think Hong Kong people's struggle for democracy is similar to David versus Goliath. But this struggle is not just about me.

I have the responsibility to tell everybody that I am not the only political prisoner in Hong Kong and that there will be more coming.

My phone and email have been hacked, I've been arrested by the police and followed by the pro-China people or the photographers from the pro-China newspapers.

I think even pro-China legislators would not believe I'm really a CIA agent.

I am absolutely certain that my unlawful detention by the Thai authorities was motivated by their fear of youth movements around the world.

I have never criticised the Thai government. I was only invited there to share my experiences of being a young man who took part in the umbrella movement. And this led to me being detained as soon as I stepped off the plane and being treated in a way that goes completely against human rights and the law.

Being cut off from the outside world is scary.

Our bodies are held captive, but our pursuit of freedom cannot be contained.

Adversity will only sharpen our wits and make us more strong-willed, resulting in the political awakening of more Hong Kongers, not to mention the international community's support.

Countries often prioritise economic interests over human rights - hence all the kowtowing to China.

I'm truly convinced that by living up to the values we stand for, we can serve as a moral inspiration for others, just as we've been morally inspired by those who came before us.

As I reflect on the successes and failures of our push for democracy, reading widely in search for a path out of authoritarian rule, I'll keep writing to encourage myself and those on my side.

Teachers have always said my only strength is talking and that I talk very fast.

What I hope is that politics shouldn't be dominated by the pro-Chinese elite; it should be related to everyone's daily life.

Hong Kong people stand in the front line to confront authoritarian suppression.

The police have the right to prosecute people, but not use violence.

We deserve to elect our own government.

Hong Kong's government needs to bear most of the responsibility for the Fishball Revolution.

We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.

I am one of the facilitators, helping to make the voice of Hongkongers heard in the international community. I also organize student class boycotts and provide assistance for high school students.

The Umbrella Movement can be described as an encyclopedia. Politicians and student leaders wrote it, and let the masses read it and react passively.

We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.

The Umbrella Movement was a legacy, not a victory, because there weren't any concrete policies or systematic reforms after it.

No one wants to be sent to prison, including me.

Hong Kong is the city with the highest degree of freedom of all the Chinese territories.

I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing.

Self-determination means the political and economic status of Hong Kong should be freely determined by the Hong Kong people.

We do not believe in authoritarian rule.

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.

Always be yourself... unless you suck.

I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you hate, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, that you're close to finished.

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all very strange to me. It wasn't like I got beat up, but the humiliation and isolation, and the existential 'God, I exist, and nobody cares' of being a teenager were extremely pronounced for me.

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

Remember to always be yourself.

I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because for many, many years I was the guy whose only contribution to any conversation was, 'There was a funny 'Simpson's' joke about that.'

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.

My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing lines over somebody's back to explain something, to help make a connection, to add a joke, or to just add babble because the people are in frame and should be saying something.

I eat 'The Walking Dead' like its made of brains. Can't even watch the show, I love the book so much.

Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance.

I've seen plenty of films where the projector broke. The problems that we have in the digital age are exactly the same as we had. Instead of, 'There's a hair in the gate,' it's, 'The computer ate the footage.' There will always be things like that going on. Nothing is perfect.

Movies were always the goal, but I had a lot of goals. Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance.