Everybody has to learn for the first time.

I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.

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.

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

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

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

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.