Bigger is always better.

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

Failure is always an option.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Firemen have the coolest toys ever!

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward - well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop - and he said, "Well, that was kind of fun, wasn't it? I mean, I don't see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun."