From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

I was interested in science before I even knew what science was.

The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.

Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all these years.

Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation.