He immediately reached for his notebook and sketched the characters, the general scene, and his own reaction. "They looked like they'd dropped out of school and just floated through life.
簡單地說，影響侯孝賢的不是某些特定的人或事，整個生活環境都可算是他的啟蒙師。他說：「瞭解、喜愛自己生長的環境、文化和背景，加上深刻的觀察和生活體驗，才能掌握中國人的精神和情感吧！」