The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.

I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.

My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.

Life is fearless battle.

Thanks to Lana Turner, Eleven Eleven, The Nation, LIT Magazine (USA), Critical Quarterly (UK), Beautiful Outlaw Press, no press, The Capilano Review, cv2, Rhubarb and Centre A Gallery (Canada).

The worst scientist is he who is not an artist; the worst artist is he who is no scientist.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

Genius is insanity right up until it works.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite.

A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.

Love doesn't come in a minute, sometimes it doesn't come at all.