I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.

I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.

In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.

All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fundamental biological principles.