"The novel is the great democratic art form. It's the one place where you can be anyone, do anything, and say anything."

在数学中，提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

最好的想法往往来自挑战现状。

I’ve had people look down on me and put me down because I didn’t look like them—but that didn’t stop me.

Meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself.

过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。