"I often refer to myself as a radical, reminding people that the word radical comes from the Latin word radix, meaning root. I think we need to get to the roots of problems as we try to solve them. I also like the word anti-capitalist."

“Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator.”

“In reality the universe has no geometry.”

“It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.”

Source : "Cynthia Kenyon: 'The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected'". Interview with Catherine de Lange, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.

“August is a month when if it is hot weather it is really very hot.”

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.”

“Methamphetamine is so Flowers for Algernon: All that super-human cerebral ability fades to limited physical activities like stapling carpet scraps to the wall or masturbation antics worthy of The Guinness Book of World Records.”

“How many times have you bought something thinking it would make you happy, and found it does not?”

“One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.”