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.

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.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

It is better to watch things then to do them.

Nutritional supplements are not a substitute for a nutritionally balanced diet.

If we could throw away the hate and make love last another day, don't give up just for today, life would be so simple

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.

Angels are spirit beings who are mentioned more than 250 times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.