Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

In science, the most dangerous phrase is 'We've always done it this way.'

同理心是创新的关键，因为它使我们能够理解和满足人们的真实需求。

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

The beauty of cinema lies in its ability to tell stories that resonate across cultures and generations.

The most important thing in architecture is the relationship between the building and its context.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

成功是一种心态。如果你想成功，就要开始把自己看作一个成功者。

The sea is my language, and the desert my alphabet.