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

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

We've created life in our own image.

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.

I’m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least I’m obviously physically challenged. Whether I’m a genius is more open to doubt.

Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.