"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations."

写作就像做爱。不要担心高潮，专注于过程就好。

"The beauty of computational complexity lies in its ability to classify problems based on their inherent difficulty."

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There's nothing sadder than a monument.

"The strongest chains are made of fear, not steel."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.