The best ideas often come from unexpected places.

成功的关键是在生活的各个方面不断成长。

电影是其自身社会的反映。

简单是终极的复杂。

——晚年访谈

A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.

"The past is not dead; it is not even past."

美国也是一种幻觉，是所有幻觉中最伟大的一个。