Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.

The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it's really fun, and you know we're always going to give you a satisfying ending.

We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.

I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other's designs, and we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.