"I love to make people laugh, especially kids."
我喜欢逗人笑，尤其是孩子们。
在科学中，失败不是成功的对立面，而是通向成功的垫脚石。
The true power of mathematics is not in its complexity, but in its simplicity and elegance.
我没有任何特别的秘诀（用于开发新的证明）……这就是为什么做研究既具有挑战性又具有吸引力的原因。这就像在丛林中迷路，试图利用你能收集到的所有知识来想出一些新的技巧，并且如果运气好的话，你可能会找到出路。
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.
欲望不是要被理解的东西。它是要被忍受的东西。
技术可以改变世界，但价值观才能决定改变的方向。