The best ideas often come from listening—to farmers, scientists, and families.

And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

In the realm of mathematics, every problem is an opportunity to discover something new.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor about yourself and not take yourself too seriously.

我写小说，人们说那是自传；我写自传，人们说那是小说。既然我这么笨，他们这么聪明，那就让他们决定是什么或不是什么吧。