A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

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

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

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 pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

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

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