I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.

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.

Magnolia leadership isn't a given. Not forever. You have to earn your spot.

Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling.

I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate.

We have to be able to ask questions in order to answer them.

Needless to say, I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan.

We’re taught at an early age that we’re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to be…what? Blessed? Rich? Certified? Legitimized? Educated? Partnership material?

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

The body you're given, the mind you're given, the morality and the hang ups you're given, they're yours. Deal with it.

Stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

Sometimes while you're cooking it's messy but the outcome is good. The end result is all that counts.