The novel is the most complete lie that tells the deepest truths.

"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations."

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

The artist must be a seeker of truth.

"The beauty of formal methods lies in their ability to provide absolute guarantees about system behavior."

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.