First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Science is not about being the first; it's about being patient and persistent.

And what I noted, since the really big ideas carry 95 percent of the freight, it wasn’t at all that hard for me to pick up all the big ideas and all the big disciplines and make them a standard part of my mental routines. Once you have the ideas, of course, they are no good if you don’t practice. You don’t practice, you lose it.

I think the best actors are the ones who are willing to take risks and not be afraid to fail.

You have to be whole to be happy.