The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

There is no such thing as a special category of science called applied science; there is science and its applications, which are related to one another as the fruit is related to the tree that has borne it.

I didn't know what the hell I was doing, but I knew if I didn't finish the film, I would never get another chance.

我不是一个喜欢坐着等待事情发生的人。我让事情发生。

In the world of computation, complexity is not an enemy, but a challenge to be understood and mastered.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

写作是一种勇敢的行为，是面对自己和世界的行为。