It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be intelligent.
像我们这样的人，通过努力做到始终不笨，而不是努力变得聪明，获得了多少长期优势，这一点很了不起。
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is not more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relations.
在观察性研究中，我们常常不得不依赖于无法直接检验的假设。
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我窗前唱歌，又飞去了。 秋天的黄叶，他们没有什麼可唱的，只是叹息一声，飞落在那里。
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
"A story is only as true as the emotions it evokes."
"I try to make films that are like a good meal: satisfying, but leaving you wanting just a little bit more."