The perfection of the work depends on the simplicity of the means.

"I think the key to directing is to be able to communicate your vision clearly and to inspire your team to bring that vision to life."

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom--for himself.

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.

The novel is the great art form of lying in order to tell the truth.

处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.