The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then.

Every cognitive act is an act of information processing.

"The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs the reader."

一个好的数学家是能看到定理之间类比的人；一个伟大的数学家是能看到类比之间的类比的人。