It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot

If you ask almost any of them, do you stand behind your theory, is this the answer, I think they would almost every one say that no, no, no, I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities. We really don't know what is going on.

It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising