The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

The great thing about fiction is that it makes everything interesting.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue.

I don't have any interest in being a celebrity. I just want to be an actor.

The real is always mediated through the symbolic.

When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!

创新就是率先模仿。

惩罚时不避忌权贵，奖赏时不遗忘地位低下的人。