It's interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they're a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, 'Well, why do you ask?'
Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.
It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.
I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators
It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community