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.

To lead is to see decades ahead while acting today.

Literature is a form of resistance, a weapon against injustice and oppression.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.