There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
有比焚书更严重的罪行。其中之一是不读书。
I don't like being defined because I'm ever-changing.
你沾沾自喜，别人乐于喜欢你；你攻击你周围的某个人，其他的人哈哈大笑；但倘若你解剖你自己的灵魂，所有的人就会嗷嗷叫。——作者原注
The Langlands program is a challenge to the boundaries of mathematical knowledge.
Anyone who recovers from an addiction has my respect.
I'm not afraid to speak my mind.
The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one's office for a job.