I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about.

Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.

Always try the problem that matters most to you.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity.

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.

I never use a computer.

However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.

Leadership is fundamentally about credibility.

You are to me, what wind is to dry leaves. The reason for me to fall, the reason for me to fly.

Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.

I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each day, when you begin to do your work, you're climbing into somebody else's skin.

Well, girls love Justin Bieber... But real women have Letogasms

Courage! Do not fall back.

I do realize, however, while striving to be your true self to the level I do, there will push back, resistance, and misunderstanding.

The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.

Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.