The truth is that in America, the Jew is a figment of the non-Jew's imagination.
A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.
To write is to breathe life into the shadows of our thoughts, to give form to the formless.
I think it's important to take risks in filmmaking.
旅行对偏见、固执和狭隘是致命的。
你沾沾自喜,别人乐于喜欢你;你攻击你周围的某个人,其他的人哈哈大笑;但倘若你解剖你自己的灵魂,所有的人就会嗷嗷叫。——作者原注