I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.

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

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

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

I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.

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.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.