I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.
From Joshua Lederberg
I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.
Everybody has to learn for the first time.
Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.
If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.
To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.
Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.
I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21.
I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.
I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.
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