Its easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you dont change, your field changes around you. – Walter Gilbert
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. – Walter Gilbert
Early on, its good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what youre writing about is not that relevant. – Walter Gilbert
Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge. – Walter Gilbert
I suppose for me as an artist it wasnt always just about expressing my work I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go. – David Bowie