The problem with fun is we really don't know what fun means at all.

I think the most important thing to realize about play is that it's this thing that's in stuff, it's not in you.

I think a lot of the misery that people experience comes from that sensation of boundlessness, of infinite possibility.

I think this dichotomy or opposition between work and play, between leisure and serious stuff, is definitely a bad way of thinking about the useful insights that play provides.

There are also many things my wife can't stand about me, and there are certain capacities that she has that are different than mine. The trick is to find compatibilities.

It's helpful to be prepared to celebrate the tiny things that you can do, where you meet the world and you negotiate an outcome that's quite tiny. But you can still make it feel remarkable.

My lawnmower can't change in the way that my son can or that I can.