As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.
You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.
That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.
It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that - the life you want to lead - eventually you'll probably get there.
What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives.
My broad sense of this is that authors like Smil really paint the clear picture, and once you see that, it's kind of Oh, of course. That's such a primal thing to all these physical services that we take for granted.
We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time.
