The most important thing in mathematics is to have a good intuition.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。

Life is too short to not do what you love.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.