"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

The power of mathematics comes from its ability to abstract and generalize, turning specific problems into universal truths.

Success is a series of small victories.

做伟大工作的唯一方法是热爱你所做的事。

The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is.

In the end, the goal of computer science is not just to build faster machines, but to deepen our understanding of the universe.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.