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

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

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.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment.

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