The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.