I never really thought about being a director. I just wanted to be an actor. But as I got older, I realized that I wanted to have more control over the films I was in.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

在科学中最令人兴奋的短语，预示着新发现的，不是“我找到了！”而是“这有点奇怪...”

——〈在东京对同志的声言〉，1915年10月25日

Auction design is as much about psychology as it is about mathematics.

He tore my heart， but you broke my life.

The poet’s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name.

The night is a great teacher, but few are willing to learn.