I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.

If we don't play God, who will?

The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.