我没有特定的配方[用于开发新的证明]...这就是为什么做研究既具有挑战性又具有吸引力的原因。这就像在丛林中迷路，试图利用你能收集到的所有知识来想出一些新技巧，如果运气好的话，你可能会找到出路。
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'm not a role model, I'm a cautionary tale.
I don't pursue style. I pursue coherence.
纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
勿羡慕那些生活在愚昧“天堂”的人们，因为只有愚人才认为那里是幸福的。
人类能够达到的最高活动是为了理解而学习，因为理解就是自由。
It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living. It's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety. I want to look now, if I may, at some of the reasons why we might be feeling anxiety about our careers. Why we might be victims of these career crises, as we're weeping softly into our pillows. One of the reasons why we might be suffering is that we are surrounded by snobs.
"The city never sleeps, and neither does its darkness."