People want to be thought of as something other than a source of money. They want to be thought of as creative, thinking people.

Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.

The wider world is a click away, but whether we mean to or not, we're usually filtering it out.

A world where everyone creates content gets confusing pretty quickly without a good search engine.

It's becoming clear that the world is listening, so now we're trying to get new groups of people talking.

It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well.

The Internet is corporations all the way down.

Wikipedia is a victory of process over substance.

The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C.

When I'm playing with circular saws, I'm offline (though often listening to podcasts) and when I sit in the cabin to read or write, it's wonderful to be offline for a few hours at a time.

Talking about 'stopping globalization' is unrealistic - and probably not what anti-globalization protesters actually want.

Just because it looks and shines like a diamond, doesn't necessarily make it one.

I was born with my eyes turned inward.

So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.

Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.

The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent's handshake.

My movies are okay, but they're not my specials.

I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per­formed has been from my own head.

Apparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.

Everybody knows everybody's dying, that's why people are as good as they are.

I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required.