No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.

I wish there would be more movies about scientists.

Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5

Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

(The National Cancer Program is) a bunch of (obscenity).

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.