Tudo vale a pena quando a alma não é pequena.

挑战是让观众相信角色，而不是演员。

Efficiency in grain production isn't an option—it's a necessity.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest.

质量永远不能妥协，因为声誉是一辈子建立的，但可能在一瞬间失去。

I pursue no objectives, no systems, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction.

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.