Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

我是一个喜欢在前面的人。

我从未真正想过要成为一名导演。我只是想拍好电影。

我认为数学之所以有价值，是因为它具有这种令人难以置信的结构，你可以探索和发现。

I'm grateful for every moment, every experience.

人生应为生而食，不应为食而生。