You have to be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.
When you have some success, the feeling of being an imposter can be real. Who am I fooling? But when you create things that only you — with your unique talents and experience — can do, then you are absolutely not an imposter. You are the ordained. It is your duty to work on things that only you can do.
I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was resposible for myself, and I had to make good.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Mathematics is not a spectator sport. You have to do it to understand it.
在年轻的时候,请接受能为自己提供陡峭的学习曲线和艰苦的磨炼机会的工作。最初的工作是为人生打基础的,不要为了暂时的声望而轻易地接受一份工作。