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.
The best innovations are often the simplest solutions to the most persistent problems.
I try to make films that are not just seen but felt.
The soul of a nation lives in its language.
你绝对必须知道的唯一东西是图书馆的位置。
The future isn't written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You are deciding your life right now.
我必须研究政治和战争、挂毯和瓷器。
The canvas is a mirror, reflecting not just the artist's soul but the soul of society.