I learned about HeLa cells in my first basic biology class, and I just became completely obsessed with them from that point on.

The sort of thinking at the time was, 'Well, we're giving you access to medical care which you wouldn't otherwise be able to get, so your payment is that we get to use you in research.'

Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, times was different.

But I tell you one thing, I don't want to be immortal if it mean living forever, cause then everybody else just die and get old in front of you while you stay the same, and that's just sad.

Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.

Good science is all about following the data as it shows up and letting yourself be proven wrong, and letting everything change while you're working on it - and I think writing is the same way.

For scientists, growing cells took so much work that they couldn't get much research done. So the selling of cells was really just for the sake of science, and there weren't a lot of profits.

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.

Too bad guys aren’t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards.

They haven’t changed Zach

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

God has put you in this culture at this time for a reason.

What you do affects your awareness field. When you do something selfless your attention feild is more clear, more lucid.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to ever let you down.

No executive devotes effort to proving himself wrong.

A great brand is a story that's never completely told.