Maintain curiosity about the world, literature, cinema, and human behavior throughout life.

Stay modest in public life and let the work speak for itself.

Work patiently and steadily; mastery is built through sustained effort over time.

Prefer nuance to slogans; human beings are too complex for simplistic moral categories.

Take children and young people seriously; their inner lives deserve dignity and complexity.

Preserve independence of judgment and resist pressure to follow fashionable trends.