“Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!”

Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “

Half of it is absolutely genuine, and half of it is us playing around with that fact.

I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.

Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore.

Failure is always an option.

Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.

Am I missing an eyebrow?

And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.

It’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!

There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.

Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.

We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward

I think that we’re always drawn – particularly sophisticated people – are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.

The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.

I had no idea what it would be like to do an album and that process was grueling and tedious but it was very rewarding.

Sometimes when I’m directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that’s okay with me.

I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.

English can be tricky because there are so many false cognates, but sometimes, as long the idea conveyed is not wrong, these false cognates can themselves offer synonyms or lead to a better alternative word or phrase in translation.

I’ve never really felt good at the parties, but I have enough friends now that I feel social, I used to feel very antisocial, but I think the theater helps.

The ideas always have to be in service of the story. And that’s what Scott and the writers did – they weren’t trying to beat you over the head with an idea; they had a story they wanted to tell, and they had ideas