The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.

The Langlands program is a challenge to the boundaries of mathematical knowledge.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest.

Waste is just raw material in the wrong place.