The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

Integrity is the most important currency in business. Once you lose it, you lose everything.

The artist must be a bridge between the visible and the invisible.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.