You don't have to be a victim of your environment. You can be the victor of your environment.

"Writing is a way of saying to the world, 'I exist, and I have something to say.'"

Absurdity is what I like most in life, and it's absurdity that leads to discovery.

一场以良好精神进行的激烈比赛，胜过一百次通过不公平手段获得的胜利。

作品越是个人化，就越具有普遍性。

最激动人心的发现往往来自意想不到的地方。

Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of our brains.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport.