"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of understanding the world."

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

The arithmetic of modular forms is a reflection of the deeper symmetries of number theory.

相信一个人不仅仅是个人，这是多么危险的想法。

伟大是许多小事做得好，日复一日。

物理学的美丽在于它能够用简单的原理解释复杂的事物。

I don’t follow the rules. I make the beat, then I dance to it.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.