When you look at your freelance career, it's really like a mall. And if you look at a mall, it's a self-contained system that has a flow and logic to it. You'll probably have one or two really bigger jobs, those are like your anchor stores.

The nerds provide the toys that distract the morons. So the nerds are sort of the new drug-dealers. We're the drug dealers of the 21st century because we provide all the brain candy for the mouth-breathers, for lack of a better word.

I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself.

The idea of the archetypal nerd is totally blurred these days. So many people of this current generation have grown up with technology and video games. It's just a part of the world now, a part of our shared culture.

Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.

Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean.

I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.