The ability to be alone is the ability to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it’s not. It is an existential truth: only those who can be alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of another human being—without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other.
独处的能力就是爱的能力。这对你来说可能看起来矛盾，但并非如此。这是一个存在的真理：只有那些能够独处的人，才能爱，分享，进入另一个人最深的核心——而不占有对方，不依赖对方，不将对方物化，不对对方上瘾。
I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die.
每个故事都是其时代的镜子。
I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.
The camera is a tool to capture the essence of the moment.
我们唯一能知道的是我们一无所知，这是人类智慧的最高境界。
我们必须在经济增长和环境管理之间取得平衡。
注意你的思想，因为它们将变成言辞；注意你的言辞，因为它们将变成行动；注意你的行动，因为它们将变成习惯；注意你的习惯，因为它们将变成性格；注意你的性格，因为它们将决定你的命运。 我们想的是什么，就会成为什么样的人。
We don't inherit the oceans from our ancestors; we borrow them from our children.
教育的功能是教人深入思考和批判性思考。
小说是一个你可以探索人性复杂性的地方，而不必担心被评判。
The most successful societies in the world are those that have combined the strengths of the state and the market.