It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!

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.

To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.

When you choose a career that is aligned with your passion, the work becomes irrelevant because anticipation and fulfillment can outweigh everything.

Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.

Doubts are necessary

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.

Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.

The more we pay for any truth, the better is our bargain.