在領館等待簽證的時候閱讀荷索的訪談：

I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine; I do not think in those terms. It seems to be a goal in life for many people, but I have no goals in life. I suspect I am after something else.

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To give my existence some sort of a meaning. It is a very simplified answer, I know, but whether I am happy or not does not count that much. I have always enjoyed my work. Maybe enjoying is not the right word: I have always loved it. It means a lot to me that I have the privilege of working in this profession, even though I have struggled to make my films the way I really wanted to, and get them as close to the vission I have been seeking…

似乎很難表述對一個人的作品喜歡的是什麼。但是必定有一種力量，一種一貫的、自我的、堅持乃至更強烈的主題我可以察覺，可以在他所有作品中得到印証，可以反復地被這種力量觸動。雖然荷索的經驗對我的生活沒有什麼具像的影響，但或許，是幫助形成一種信仰一種理念。

從沒有想過歡樂對於一些人可以是不重要的，我以爲每個人都在追尋著。歡樂，帶著笑聲的喜悅。可是，笑聲和喜悅，都不是連續、漫長的。如果說把歡樂當作人生目標，也僅僅是把常常歡樂當作人生目標吧。這三兩年的生活裡，笑語是不絕的，用一個詞概括，大概『開心』很恰如其分。然而開心之餘，依然常常隱約地覺得有所缺失。墨工曾說我是，好端端的，卻喜歡把自己搞得悲悲慼慼。其實，悲慼由來于不滿，歡樂得自無憂，無憂和不滿，大概是可以共生的兩種心態。偶爾笑完了，卻有『很空洞』這種印象。似乎是，在平凡的日常點滴裡，還有一顆悸動的心，想要超越局限于個人的、瑣碎的得失與喜樂，從一個更高更遠、更廣闊的角度看人生，有所為，所不為。也許正是這樣，荷索的電影，才格外觸動我。