"Time is not linear; it's a loop."

最平凡的生活中可能包含着非凡的故事。

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

阅读是不动的旅行，写作是不旅行的移动。

What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure.

拍电影以外的所有事情都让我紧张。

当你停止追逐金钱的那一刻，金钱开始追逐你。

I'm alive and I have a chance to do something with my life. That's the only motivation I need.