Real numbers are good if you add the word 'random'.

Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be an ideal occupation for you.

The Torus is my enemy!

The smiles of ancient soulsThat bless this, Our space to live and learnAnd urge us on to shine again…

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one

Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.

I'm not trying to write cinematic novels, but I have been told several times that my style is cinematic.

The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man.

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.