Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.

I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.

It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.

Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.

The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.

AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.

Our goal is not to completely eradicate the infection - that would be very difficult - but to produce a vaccine that will prevent not infection but disease. I think this is more possible.

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.

We can be exposed to HIV many times without being chronically infected. Our immune system will get rid of the virus within a few weeks, if you have a good immune system.

The first thing I ever learned in roller derby is to fall, and in the author world I believe that same rule applies.

My life is full of drama, and I don't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong.

I'm honestly so grateful to have a job when I get a job, I'm always amazed - I just appreciate what I have when I get it.

Unkind language is sure to produce the fruits of unkindness--that is, suffering in the bosom of others.

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.

I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.

I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.