The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault.

算法的美不在于它们的复杂性，而在于它们的简洁和优雅。

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

Every artwork is a conversation—between the artist, the viewer, and the world.

I don't know if I have a philosophy. I just try to write the best book I can.

我不考虑限制。我考虑可能性。