"I couldn’t be in a play because plays are not real life and they are full of people doing things that don’t make sense."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

史记

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

The challenge is to make the ordinary extraordinary.