- Transcription of interview (December, 2020) with Jim Simons by David Zierler, under the auspices of the Oral History Program of the American Institute of Physics.
- D.T. Max: “Jim Simons, the Numbers King” (The New Yorker, 2017; paywalled)
- Simons Foundation Chair James Simons on His Career in Mathematics (video)
- James Simons on Numberphile: “Billionaire Mathematician” (video)
- James Simons: “My Peregrinations through Mathematics” (address upon induction to the National Academy of Sciences, 2015; video)
- James Simons: “My Life in Mathematics” (speech at the International Congress of Mathematicians, 2014; video)
- James Simons: “Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck: My Life and Careers” (speech at MIT, 2010; video)
