Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.
Irish people have a trick of over-statement, at which one ceases to wince as one grows older.
the way with Ireland is that no sooner do you get away from her than the golden mists begin to close about her, and she lies, an Island of the Blest, something enchanted in our dreams. When you come back you may think you are disillusioned, but you know well that the fairy mists will begin to gather about her once more.
The life in which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.
The kind need kindness most of all.
. . . often our bad moments are self-propelled. . . And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.
The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view
From that day on it was as if Ren freed me from gravity. I was floating in the sky. Higher. Higher. Higher.
My films are about faith, and they're made on faith. There has to be faith because making a movie, so many things can go wrong. Me and my crew take the leap together, trusting the net will appear. I've been fortunate even though I've worked with small budgets, people have donated time and talent because they feel the films have something important to say.
Anything is possible if you believe in yourself, said the guidance counsellor, stifling a laugh.