“Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper”

“[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”

“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems”

“I'll tell you once,and I'll tell you again.There's always a primebetween n and 2n.”

“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”

“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”

“It's embarrassing, how much effort it took for me to wear something that looks exactly like a blank piece of paper.”