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

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.

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

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.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

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.

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