I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.

I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium.

It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.