这个奖是对南非全体人民的赞扬，特别是那些在奋斗中挣扎的人们，我是代表他们受奖。
——1993年12月获颁诺贝尔和平奖
The writer must be a perpetual outsider, a critic of all power.
"A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time and space."
我不是因为快乐而唱歌；我因为唱歌而快乐。
You can't change the past, but you can shape the future.
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
Every film is a journey, not just for the audience, but for the filmmaker as well.