The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

War is a tragedy, but sometimes necessary.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

我从来不太愿意以道德家的口吻来说话。

我长久地站在那里，凝视着那深邃的黑暗，心中充满了疑惑、恐惧和怀疑，梦想着凡人从未敢梦想的梦。

失敗は成功の母である。