There are many people of color who are very talented.

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

A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration

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

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.