I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

I had both male and female heroes.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.

You can't argue with physics, mate.

A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to solve them. Then, in solving them, they give us greater capability.