There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.

I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just like a coral.

You cannot think when you're ecstatic.

Everything that can happen, does. That's quantum mechanics. But this does not mean everything happens. The rest of physics is about describing what can happen and what can't.

Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber.

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.

Science is our last and greatest frontier.

Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.

Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors.

What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary particles. And things can happen only if these interactions are perfectly balanced.

A closed door really is an open door in disguise.

In life, I regret the things I didn't do far more than the missteps I made along the way.

Money is important yes, but not the most important. I don't need money to smile or breathe. I would still be breathing if all my money disappeared tomorrow.

In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.

Nothing spiritual to write? Then have spiritual experiences.

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

Windows isn't supposed to make sense, it's supposed to make money.

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks.