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.

In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.

The thing about hipsters is that they take very seriously trying to make themselves look like they don't take themselves seriously.

My best friend, Wil Wheaton, identifies himself as a geek.

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.