I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.

My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart.

Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.