"I think the best movies are made for one of two reasons: either to make a lot of money or because the filmmaker has something to say."

The sociological imagination is the most fruitful form of self-consciousness.

In business, if you're not failing occasionally, you're not trying hard enough.

靠正道谋生的人都尽心尽力去做些有益于他人和世界的事，这使得世人都离不开他，老天爷自然也离不得他。如此做法才是一个人安身立命的最好途径。

The historian must have some kinship with his subject. The dead will not speak unless they are properly addressed.