I'm impressed every day by the resolve and tolerance of my patients.

We're usually willing to tolerate a lot of toxicity when we're on the first round, because we're going for a cure. But when it recurs and there's no chance of a cure, we want to pick treatments based on quality of life issues.

Sixteen months can be the difference in a woman seeing her children graduating from high school or not.

Our patients inspire us every day. They're just incredible.

The only person you need to tolerate is your own spouse and that too in a limited way. There is no relevance for your tolerance in any other situation. Everything else is just lack of courage!

Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society.