作家不过是一个用文字代替摇鼓和鼓声的萨满。

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

"The best cinematography is the one that you don't notice."

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

创造力不是天赋；它是一种可以培养的技能。

译文：不要因为很小的恶事就去做，也不要因为很小的善事就不去做。赏析：恶事虽小，但时间久了就会败坏人的品行。善事虽小，时间久了能提高人的品质。