I am the first female chief executive of Hong Kong.

I firmly believe that the wider community supports achieving the goal of universal suffrage for 2017 according to law. I also believe most political parties do not want to see a failure to attain the goal.

We should widen our economic base and encourage businesses to move up the value chain and increase job diversity.

You cannot appreciate the sense of satisfaction that I get from my job.

I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run for office.

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.

A part of me is a liberal New Yorker involved in politics and certain attitudes about movies. I kind of lost my indie credibility over 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith.' I know I haven't lost it. I just have to go make an independent movie. I just have to do it. Just for me.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.