The mind is not a passive recipient of sensory information but an active participant in the process of perception.

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

我不写日记，我记录生活。

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work hard.

I believe that every film should have a unique voice and perspective.

I'm not a product of the industry, I'm a product of my own vision.