Keep doing what you like to do. That's all it is.

I'm not sure what I was good at as a kid. I was good at playing with Legos.

I like the type of culture that the Internet allows to happen. And, of course, for some bizarre reason, that is cats!

Simplicity is an asset, not a weakness... The smaller the idea the happier I am.

My real experience with video games was watching other people play. That's why a lot of my work isn't really about playing. It's about watching video games.

I can charm my way out of a situation when I screw up.

Engineering is a creative practice.

Art is fast, but with art you're tied down. That's too negative. What I mean is, you have a business and a place that you go every day. I guess some artists do move around.

I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been trying to sort out 20 years of garbage TV culture that is filling my brain.

I started playing heavy-metal guitar because that's what I liked. And then I got into classical guitar because it was so technically complicated.

I never was much of a game player, but I loved to be on the computer.

What does literature do better than anything else? It provides a detailed representation of the inner experience of being alive in a given time and place.

Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.

Maturity is coming to terms with that other part of yourself.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

If you remove the fear of criminal punishment for the nation's political and financial elites - as we have done - what possible constraint on their behavior does anyone think will remain?

Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on.

I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people read my book and found out the truth.

Usually, people tend to see someone on the surface and think that that's who that person is.

All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones, no old ones. Their love is always the most beautiful of joys.