"It has always seemed strange to me... 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."

只有渴望的人才是可爱的，而非满足的人。

The city is about intensity, concentration, and diversity.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.  

衡量一个人的标准是他如何使用权力。

I try to make films that are honest and true to life.