In terms of the films I make, I'm just more excited about it if I've written it. It's like living in a house that you've built rather than a rental.
The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.
Ageing is very exciting. But if I didn't work on ageing, I'd want to work on the brain. There are really cool techniques you can use now. And bioinformatics. The methods you can use for comparing large data sets - that's so powerful.
You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't; you need a gene to be active for it.
I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.
Life's too short to not be around nice people.
Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.
I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.
Nothing comes into existence nor does anything disappear. Nothing is eternal, nor has anything any end. Nothing is identical or differentiated. Nothing moves hither and thither.
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.