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.

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

You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.

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.