The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Writing is learning to die, learning to give everything away.
I'm interested in the idea of something being art because someone says it is.
The interplay between local and global phenomena is a recurring theme in number theory.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
"In literature, we find the truth of our own existence."
A novelist must be a psychologist, but a psychologist of a special kind—one who understands the souls of men and women as if he had made them.
The real reward in science is knowing that your work can save lives.