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

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

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

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.

When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.

So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.