I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself.

Why learn a number like pi to so many decimal places? The answer I gave then as I do now is that pi is for me an extremely beautiful and utterly unique thing. Like the Mona Lisa or a Mozart symphony, pi is its own reason for loving it.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'

Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person's body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time.