The most important thing is to have a vision of what you want to do and then to have the persistence to carry it out.
Mathematics is not a spectator sport.
Writing is a way of life, a way of being in the world.
The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.