People treat you as badly as you let them treat you. Key word there: let.
There are things which are without answers, and there is nobody who can explain them. Either we feel them and sense them, or not. Sometimes we just give up and carry on.
Art is not some sort of guideline for understanding. It's a thing unto itself.
The most important thing for me is the image, not the thought.
What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way that they should be told.
When I was shooting the film I did not see the story as an everyday tale or a social one. To a great extent, the film is a mythological look on human life. This is probably what I would like the audience to keep in mind before they enter the screening room.
Observing life, living through it. As you experience life some events call upon you to suffer through them and that's what brings inspiration.
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend. " I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise above it and create a new world. That's why I so deeply believe in alternative spaces. That's why I believe in the power of art and activism.
This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love.
It's not that you're not smart anymore; it's that you're unwilling to do it. Coaches who coach know what I'm talking about. You just keep battling to help your coaches and your players, to refine your scheme, to break down your opponent, to find ways to travel and take care of your players.