“For all that we can see from the road in China, there is a lot that we...” — Evan Osnos Quote

“For all that we can see from the road in China, there is a lot that we cannot see. We miss what's behind the trees, the cover-ups, the darker side of things - the ingredients that so often drive a reporting trip.”

“When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.”

“In my fifth year in Beijing, I moved into a one-story brick house beside the Confucius Temple, a seven-hundred-year-old shrine to China's most important philosopher.”

“As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.”

“Most of the stories I write are women's stories - but the darker, unseen stories.”

“I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.”