I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here.
When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you.
I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it.
I took care of the rabbits, of course, because I was the farm boy who could do magic with animals. I can still do anything with animals.