The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time.

It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.

During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works.

The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.