The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

I believe that the job of the novelist is to go out into the world and to bring back news of the human condition.

I like a film to have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

跨境合作至关重要——没有任何一个国家能单独解决全球粮食安全问题。

The function of education is to help us go beyond what is given, to transcend the immediate.