My life is pretty well at peace, and the profession is more of an avocation. It's a calling, if you like, rather than a job. I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would.

As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before.

Charlotte's Web Life is magic, the way nature works seems to be quite magical.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Find the right questions. You don't invent the answers, you reveal the answers.