"I tend to think that the camera is much more truthful than the human eye."

A tannery's wastewater is the truest measure of its values.

On pivoting: "If you're not stubborn， you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible， you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve."

The task of the writer is to confront the chaos of existence and to find some kind of order within it.

只依靠偏见的心灵将永远不稳定。

【释义】上天要把重任降临在某人的身上前，必定先磨炼他的心理和意志。