The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

The power of cinema is in its ability to make us feel.

对于非礼的事，上等到的士人根本不想；对于非礼的事，中等的士人从来不说；对于非礼的事，下等的士人紧闭门户。

成为作家的唯一方法就是写作。