You get towards the end of life—no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life.

I started a revolution from my bed

The truth is, if you ask me what I think about anything, I’ll tell you. I’m not afraid to say what I think.

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful.

要理解疯狂，必须先说它的语言。

I don't follow the crowd, I lead it.