英国女王伊丽莎白二世来华访问时想见他，他说

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.

在孩子的生命中，没有什么可以替代书籍。

有些伤口永远不会愈合，只会转化。

People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

故事是任何电影的核心；没有一个引人入胜的故事，世界上所有的特效都无法拯救它。