Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.

To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

Power is like prostitution and it could have pleasure for a while but it has to go to another man

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find a shadow in the night? I guess that’s why so many people are so obsessed with the idea of bringing things to the light…to the clear, so to speak.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

When I finish a book, I'm so exhausted that I'm sort of letting myself think that this could be the end.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

Never depart from the way of martial arts.

America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.