Wu believes that fate has half the say in what piece of wood will be used to carve what personage. He believes that every grotesquely gnarled piece has a living force inside that cries out, and that if the sculptor can listen to the cry and hear its message, the chisel will deliver the embodiment of that living force. Wu's skill at seeing what figure lies within the wood is unsurpassed.
吳榮賜相信，什麼木頭該刻什麼人物都是注定的，任何奇醜怪狀的木頭，都有一個生命在內裡吶喊，木雕家聆聽木頭的聲音，與它共同呼吸，然後雕鑿出它的原來面目與姿勢。