I'm a champion because I think like a champion.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.

Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.

一本好书是我生命中的一件大事。

The desert could not be claimed or owned–it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names.

The study of automorphic representations is a reflection of the beauty of mathematical abstraction.