Robots... I think that is a hot topic.

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

I write my programs primarily for myself.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

Robots... I think that is a hot topic.

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.

Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.

All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.

I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

I know when something is kind of half-baked.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.

I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

No one wants to risk a million dollars on a few laughs. The big, flashy commercials are out. The soft sell is out.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

Java is to JavaScript what car is to carpet.

I live a very normal life. I have friends, and I've always gone to school. The part that's not normal is that I've been working since I was 9 months old, but at the same time, it's completely normal to me.

Ironically, one of the clearer threats to consumer privacy is the government's largely unchecked ability to collect your sensitive information without due process.

You don't know this when you're young, but over time, you see that great companies are usually built at a special point in time.

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

Like almost everything else from the West, the Romantic Revolution arrived late in Russia.

Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

Whatever the download thing has done to the game, you as an artist can get yourself out there to the masses, off your own back.

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

Despite the fact that he's been dead for over seventy years and his prose considered purple and overwrought by many, H.P. Lovecraft's work is still widely read and has remained influential for generations.

I would eat fruitcake if there'd been a nuclear war and I'd run out of canned goods.

I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.