Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty.

Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.

The speed of light sucks.

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better

I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.

If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated.

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

An idle mind is not a devil's workshop but a wanderlust

A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together.

After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.

Weapons of mass destruction are always in the wrong hands.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire

A woman should be an illusion

Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.

It’s okay, Kriss. Have some pie,” Natalie offered.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.