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

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

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

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.

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.

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.