“Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a...” — Brian Greene Quote

“Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's rare that they'll do a third or fourth or fifth or sixth follow-up, because there's an implicit, agreed-upon decorum that they move on. Kids don't necessarily move on if they don't get it.”

“The funny thing is, I sometimes get the impression that some people outside of the field think that there's some element of security that we have in working on a theory that hasn't made any predictions that can be proven false. In a sense, we're working on something unfalsifiable.”

“When students ask me today, 'What do you think we should learn from this book?' I tell them, 'Whatever you got out of it.'”

“One of the fastest ways to find the solution to an issue or challenge you are facing is to ask the right questions.”

“If you ask me what minimalism is really about, I would say that it's the altering of values - enter the small doors of minimalism and come out on the other side with big ideas.”