In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.
如果同情心的一个极端，是这些八卦小报。另一个极端便是悲剧和悲剧艺术，我想说的是或许我们该从悲剧艺术中学习，你不会说汉姆雷特是个失败者，虽然他失败了，他却不是一个失败者。我想这就是悲剧所要告诉我们的，也是我认为非常重要的一点。
Science thrives on doubt and skepticism.
正义很简单，只是不公平。
对这个世界有所助益是获得快乐的唯一途径。
Success is not about the resources you have, but how resourceful you are with what you have.
世界会打碎每个人，之后，许多人在破碎的地方变得坚强。
我试图创作与人类状况共鸣的电影。
You can’t get mad at me ‘cause I’m doing me. I’m not doing you.
一切迄今为止社会的历史都是阶级斗争的历史。