"I don't particularly care [if the things I'm doing] are important or not. I'm not driven by a passion to dig out the deep secrets of nature. I'm much more interested just in exercising my skills as best I can and enjoying life." -Freeman Dyson
Link to video
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Related previous posts:
Related link: Freeman Dyson reviews Danny Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
Related books by Freeman Dyson:
Dreams of Earth and Sky
Origins of Life
In the video, Dyson also mentioned a couple of other books:
The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
The Human Use Of Human Beings