“I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.”

These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.

We’re allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.

I’m always going to be making costumes. It’s one of the ways I relax my brain.

From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.

In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head

That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!

Firemen have the coolest toys ever!

The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century

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.

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.

Originality is also very important to a writer. And all of the writers I’ve mentioned, of course, are original, but it’s important to me that every book that I do be really a completely fresh and new look at the world.

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.

I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.

A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. That’s a sign of a good novel.

I don’t miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.