Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.

I admire tremendously those people who work consistently at the same jobs.

In my life, things have happened to me. I've never felt I was controlling anything.

I live in jeans and own a lot of them. I'm much more comfortable in trousers and T-shirts, and I don't often wear dresses.

Wherever I am in the world, I never get Sunday night blues. I suppose it's because I've never worked at any one thing long enough to start hating it.

If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic thing.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.