"The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives in one."

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognised. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

写作是一种个人自由的形式。它使我们从我们周围正在形成的大众身份中解放出来。

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.