I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willi….

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D..

A cancer is not simply a lung cancer. It doesn't simply have a certain kind of appearance under the microscope or a certain behavior, but it also has….

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice..

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer..

In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise..

All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fun….

I had learned of Gertrude Steins bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psy….

Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I….

Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning gradu….

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a bett….

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene..

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered..

Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money..

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch..