"I'm not a theorist. I'm not an intellectual. I write plays."
我不是理论家。我不是知识分子。我写剧本。
我不是科学,我是艺术。
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
The most profound ideas in mathematics often come from asking the simplest questions.
A good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.