If we don't play God, who will?

We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.

I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.

Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.