"The task of the novelist is to awaken the reader's sympathy, to make the reader care."

I don't believe in eternity, but I believe in the trace.

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

I don't do music for the fame or the money. I do it because I love it.

The language of mathematics is the language of the universe, and by learning it, we can understand the cosmos.

I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.

Innovation is not about doing something completely new, but about doing it better than anyone else.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.