“You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium ...” — Kary Mullis Quote

“You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.”

“Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick. That's the conclusion. You don't necessarily know why it happened. But you start there.”

“I like writing about biology, not doing it.”

“If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.”

“I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.”

“If you ask me what minimalism is really about, I would say that it's the altering of values - enter the small doors of minimalism and come out on the other side with big ideas.”