"I don't believe in the idea of a 'genius.' I believe in the idea of a 'hard worker.'"

"I was always interested in things that are on the edge of what we know."

"I would often go to these conferences where they would talk about the ultimate theory, and I would always say, 'What's the ultimate experiment?'"

"I'm not a popularizer. I'm not trying to tell the public what to think. I'm just telling them what I think."

"The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that is most interesting."