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

“A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.”

“As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant trips to the local drugstore for chocolate milk shakes...”

“One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that , in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are no...”