我对英雄不感兴趣，我对幸存者感兴趣。
"I'm not interested in heroes. I'm interested in survivors."
我没有任何特别的秘诀（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的技巧，并且如果运气好的话，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.
Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart.
The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
我确信宇宙中充满了智慧生命。只是它们太聪明了，不会来这里。