Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

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.

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.

I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated.

Never deviate from the right way and you will improve.

He is intelligent enough to get a job that would earn him good money, but too clever to want one.

He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.

If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.

Nothing lasts forever but the certainty of change

Saying, have a great work-out is like saying, I hope you pull something.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I'm needed by someone. As long as you have that, you're healthy.

Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good.