No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

I would rather be right than rigorous.

Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only those universes that are compatible with our existence. Although we are puny and insignificant on the scale of the cosmos, this makes us in a sense the lords of creation.