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All of my books tend to be about things going on in labs that you wouldn't really expect.

Everybody, as soon as they do a good experiment, their first thought in this lab is, 'That can't be right. I must have screwed it up. What did I do wrong?' And that's the best kind of scientist because they're filled with this self-doubt. And if I'm going to be honest, that's who I am. And it's what drives me.

I was already, I think, at the age of 18, showing signs of being incompetent in the lab.

When I go in, I find that it is not a lab but an office. There are a pile of letters to answer, phone numbers to call up, people waiting to have an interview, routine work that must be done.

I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game.