I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.

The mind's first duty is to keep the organism going.

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

The Langlands program is an invitation to explore the unknown territories of mathematics.