The process of writing can be magical. Mostly, you'll be staring at the computer screen trying not to distract yourself with the internet. But sometimes, if you're lucky, inspiration will come.

The first fruit of this imagination - and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it - is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

The beauty of mathematics is that it allows us to see patterns and structures in the world that are not immediately obvious.

The ocean is a great inspiration for me.

"In the end, we are all just stories. What matters is how well we tell them."

请教一位你崇拜的人:他们的幸运转折往往来自于跟主要目标无关的弯路。所以拥抱这种弯路。对任何人来说，人生都不是一条直线。