There are certain parts of a classic nerd's brain that can destroy that person - obsessing about things to the detriment of everything else in your life. But those are the same tools that you can use to turn everything around.

Rats are just Ziploc bags full of disease.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

I do seem like the kind of guy who'd be obsessive about Rubik's Cubes.

I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me.

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.