Focused, hard work is the real key to success.

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.

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

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.

It's a house. No more and no less. There isn't a structure on earth that could last forever. But a family goes on."-Leo

Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently

We need to start thinking about the future of food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way that does not destroy our environment.

Cicero's words also increased my personal satisfaction by supporting my long-standing rejection of a conventional point of view.

Love is the chariot of emotion which takes us to our beloved. When we love we see beyond the prism of illusion.

I shall never marry, Atticus." "Why?" "I might have children.

Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.

When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.

Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.

My favorite food city is wherever I happen to be eating. You know what they say, love the one you're with!