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

DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.

One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.

If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.

Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.

Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.