I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

A mathematical formula should never be "owned" by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.

It is much more rewarding to do more with less.

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer.

I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.

Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.

I remember that mathematicians were telling me in the 1960s that they would recognize computer science as a mature discipline when it had 1,000 deep algorithms. I think we've probably reached 500.