【译文】 孔子说：“生来就知道的，是上等人；学习后才知道的，是二等人；遇到困难才学习的，是三等人；遇到困难也不学习的，这就是下等人了。”

My mother was an atheist. She used to say that there was good news and bad news about hell. The good news is, hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination. The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.

The key to success is persistence and continuous improvement.

最令人兴奋的发现往往来自关注意想不到的结果。

我不是环境的产物。我是我决定的产物。

使生活成为可能的唯一事情是永久的、无法忍受的不确定性；不知道接下来会发生什么。

I am not a filmmaker who makes films to make money. I make films because I have something to say.

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

解释：一时的恩宠、利益名声总有尽头，但历史的评述是过了千年也欺瞒不了的。

"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."

身体记得心灵试图忘记的东西。