I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way.

Innovation comes only from an assault on the unknown.

I think one of the things about creativity is not to be afraid of saying the wrong thing.

In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an environment where young people could pursue science in an atmosphere of harmonious purpose and high intellectual challenge.

There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford.

Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world.

Have you tried neuroxing papers? It.'s a very easy and cheap process. You hold the page in front of your eyes and you let it go through there into the brain. It's much better than xeroxing.