He says, "Life never stops changing, and one must keep being nourished by it and digesting it before one can create anything." Hou spent one winter in the P'eng-hu Islands.
「而內容不假外求，完全來自生活」，侯孝賢從長期的思考和摸索中體悟出這樣的心得：「生活是瞬息萬變的，必須不斷吸收營養、消化，才能產生新的東西。」