一本书是通往其他生活和其他世界的窗口。

I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.

我不是那种会让对传奇的爱减少的人。

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

幽默是孩子理解世界的方式。

我不明白为什么人们害怕新想法。我害怕的是旧的想法。

你的工作将占据你生活的一大部分，唯一能真正满足的方法就是做你认为伟大的工作。