有时候最难的事情和最正确的事情是同一件事。
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.
The novel is the art of the possible, and the possible is always more terrifying than the real.
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.
The only real freedom is the freedom to be yourself.