I came to the pharmaceutical industry for many reasons, and one of the reasons was I wanted to have, hopefully, a larger impact on patients.

Most of our ideas, at some point along the spectrum, will fail. So we're always trying to innovate the way we do what we do: to do the best science possible - because that's non-negotiable - but to do it better, faster and more cost-effectively. So innovation is built into every single thing the discovery scientists do.

Discovery scientists are paid to be innovative. That's what we are here for: to come up with new ideas for better medicines and to come up with new ways of making medicines faster, more efficiently and more cost-effectively.

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.

At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.

The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.