I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

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

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

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

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.

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.

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