Collaboration across disciplines is essential for solving the most challenging problems in science.

The absence is often more powerful than the presence.

I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

人生最大的幸福是确信我们被人爱着；因为自己而被爱，或者更确切地说，尽管自己而被爱。