My focus is not on solving nature's deeper mysteries. It is on using nature's deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems.

The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine.

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

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

The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS.

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

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.