It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.

You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.