生命太短暂，不要在早晨醒来时带着遗憾。

I want to run a good race and inspire many people.

I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.

I always tell my kids, 'If you're going to do something, do it well. And if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all.'

"I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best."

Blackness is not a monolith; it's a multiplicity.

"Every book is a door to another world, a world that exists only in the imagination of the reader."