Nie reveals that Snow in August has been the most challenging work of his career. He says that rather than say that he designed the stage, it would be more accurate to say that he has expressed the director's ideas in the language of theater.
聶光炎透露，《八月雪》是他此生做過最大挑戰的一齣戲，他說，與其說是他的設計，不如說是導演的意念，通過他做劇場語言的實現。