Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.

The best editing is the kind that you don't notice; it's seamless and serves the story.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith.

The most important thing is to be able to listen.

追求数学知识是一段永无止境的旅程。

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.