“Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.”

What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.

I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

I don’t intentionally make deep movies.

It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.

There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.

The modern computer with all its various gadgets and wonderful electronic facilities now makes it possible to preserve and reinvigorate all the cultural richness of mankind.

I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

In computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

[Computing] is just a fabulous place for that, because it’s a place where you don’t have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It’s a place where you can still be an artisan.

I fear – as far as I can tell – that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.

I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.