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.

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.

I wasn't used to looking ahead. Not like Jack. Maybe that was why he had that ready grin. I could see through the dust, but he could see through time, and he didn't even need magic to do it.

There shall be no end to the government of God

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

A pipe for the hour of work; a cigarette for the hour of conception; a cigar for the hour of vacuity.

You don't have to be super clean to be a super star

The infinite intelligence of my subconscious mind reveals to me my true place in life.

Anybody who has watched government from the inside recognizes that governments need institutions, need ways to respond to crises.

It was as if I had thought all along I was a complete picture and he had revealed I was a puzzle and had taken me apart and put me back together again.

The fans always ask me, 'Is Si that crazy in real life?' and I said, 'No, hey, he tones it down for television.'

A persons outer action reflects their inner mind.