In 1968, I left Cambridge and went to work in New York with Irving M. London, who was then the chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

A fellow with the inventiveness of Albert Einstein but with the attention span of Daffy Duck.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut