And with that film, I was proud because I decided the woman should not say what she feels but documentary images would speak for her.

I don’t know whether I feel pride. I think pride is hubris. I think it is an emotion that if you bask in it, it’s like hate; it will destroy you. So I don’t make those kinds of assessments. I like what I do. I am repeatedly struck by how I have missed part of the story, always.

I was really happy because Rolex did something that was almost impossible: to organize it during a pandemic, to do it at such a high level, and to provide this financial aid to all these people… I was really proud.

I look back on it with a sense of achievement at having been part of that tremendous process.

I like simplicity. To me, this is very, very important, whether I am dealing with science or dealing with people.

It was also evident to me that if you really want to achieve and do well in American society, you have to work, and work hard…You have to work, you have to work.

Professors are writing more proposals chasing less research money, which reduces the time available for creative thinking.

I’m hungry for knowledge…Knowledge, knowledge and I loved it.

One of them—I forgot the others— that I thought was really interesting is, Don’t take yourself too seriously. And I believe in that—I think I believe in that.

I hear repeatedly, particularly in developing countries: "Applied research is what we need."