这些故事不是自传，但它们以那种方式是个人的。我似乎只知道我学到的东西。可能有些东西是通过观察，但我觉得我肯定知道的东西是个人的。
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.
Never underestimate the importance of "useless" fundamental research.
软件开发中最重要的一个方面是明确你试图构建什么。
The act of painting is an act of communion.
The explanatory gap between physical processes and conscious experience remains as wide as ever.