The first duty of the sovereign， that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies， can be performed only by means of a military force.

Psychology is a science, and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves.

The most important thing in filmmaking is to tell a story that matters.

It doesn’t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do， raising the bar.

死并非生的对立面，而作为生的一部分永存。

The whole world is a story, and I’m trying to tell it.

我信奉老派作风——写经得起时间考验的歌。