Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly.

My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science.

Life blackens at the contact of truth.

Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.

My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.

I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.

A man has got to keep his extrication. The important thing is not to get bogged down In what he has to do to earn a living.

So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of strange dysfunction that exists even among deeply functional families.

I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo.