Lisa Randall

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school, it's kind of obvious when you're learning things faster than other kids.

We live in a world where there are many risks, and it's high time we start taking seriously which ones we should be worried about.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.