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

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.