我认为最重要的事情就是对你所拥有的心存感激。
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and deeper than our latest theory about it.
The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that moment when you're glad to die.
我没有任何特别的秘诀（用于开发新的证明）……这就是为什么做研究既具有挑战性又具有吸引力的原因。这就像在丛林中迷路，试图利用你能收集到的所有知识来想出一些新的技巧，并且如果运气好的话，你可能会找到出路。
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.
The past is part of our present, and thus part of our future.
Art is a way of thinking about the world.
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
寻求灵魂最安宁的状态。