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.
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
我什么都不是。我永远不会成为什么。我不能渴望成为什么。除此之外，我心中装着全世界的梦想。
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
任何牺牲基本自由以换取短暂安全的人，最后既得不到安全也得不到自由。
The theory of automorphic forms is a central subject in modern number theory.