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I think becoming a scientist is the product of parents who gave me enormous opportunities to master nature.

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm where no researcher has ever gone before.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.

The science of life is changing hearts and minds.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.

Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.