“The best project is one that asks a novel question.” — Walter Gilbert Quote

“The best project is one that asks a novel question.”

“We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.”

“By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.”

“A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.”

“One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters.”

“I'm always reading a novel. If it's good, I remember why I love my job.”