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.

Success is not about individual achievement but about the collective effort of the team.

The social brain hypothesis suggests that our intelligence evolved to manage our complex social lives.

To write is to confront the darkness within.