Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.

It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.