“I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school. And even now, I'm still like, 'Maybe I'll just quit the biz and go to Santa Cruz and study marine biology and have my own research center in the Bahamas.' Yeah, I'm sure it would be just that smooth.” StillsWholeWould BeWantedSchoolMy OwnStudyResearchHigh SchoolYeahWhole LifeQuittingBiologySmoothMarineSantaBiologistCruzMarine LifeBahamasMarine BiologyMarine BiologistSanta Cruz Author:Cobie Smulders
“I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist.” SchoolBecomingScientistMedicalBiologyPhysiciansChemistMedical School Author:Francis Collins
“I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at a Canadian university, and at the eleventh hour the drama teacher I had said, 'You know, you'll get a lot more girls if you go into acting,' and that kinda sold it.” IfsKnowsSaidSchoolGirlCoursesHoursActingTeacherDramaDegreesHigh SchoolUniversityEnjoyedBiologyHonourEleventh Hour Author:Matt Frewer
“I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went to medical school. I've never had any formal training in writing. So what I know about writing, I know from my own instincts, and whatever the narrative voice is in my own head.” KnowsWorldWritingHas BeensSchoolVoiceMy OwnCollegeMajorsTrainingInstinctMedicalBackgroundsNarrativeBiologyFormalMedical SchoolNarrative Voice Author:Khaled Hosseini