One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer.

Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

Although I was first drawn to math and science by the certainty they promised, today I find the unanswered questions and the unexpected connections at least as attractive.

Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open.

Sometimes models are surprisingly smart.