《纽约客》的艺术记者 Joan Acocella 在文集 Twenty-Eight Artists And Two Saints 的前言总结自己采访过的艺术家们成功的最明显的特质。出乎大众和她自己的意料，这种特质不是灵感，也不是才华，而是毅力。这种毅力常常表现为 “无论别人怎么看，我认为我做的事有价值” 的执着，以及 “虽然我的艺术不能给我带来幸福，我仍然觉得有意义” 的勇气，甚至是 “我的人生固然失败了，我的艺术是我唯一的救赎” 的虔诚。

#Quotes# To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. 眼皮底下的事最难直视，也不想直视。[微风] When you are eight years old, nothing is any of your business. 人活一世，如此辛苦为哪般？[微风] Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. 书怕空洞，人忌自满。[微风] Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. 心猿意马是本性，但凡时间一久，热情多少会减退。

it seems i have reached to a new level of ignorance. turned out that Joel Edgerton who played Owen Lars in ep3, his brother, the former stunt actor now a filmmaker just like him, Nash, was the stunt man for Ewan during the filming of the prequel. Nash has worked as Ewan’s stunt double for over 14 years on eight different films and they’re good friends in real life.