The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

儿童不是知识的被动接受者，而是学习过程的积极参与者。

拍卖中的"赢家诅咒"不在于你赢了，而在于你为所赢之物付出过多。

我们不想创造纪念碑，而是创造生活的场所。

I do not know what I may appear to the world， but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore， and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary， whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

最少的材料，最大的效果。

I like to work with actors who are willing to take risks.