The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.

I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

在一个资源匮乏的世界里，最有价值的资源不是石油或黄金，而是想象力。

我认为数学家更像艺术家，而不是科学家。

我不习惯吹嘘或谈论我所做的事情。我更喜欢人们只是看我比赛，然后做出自己的判断。