I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

'Jerry Springer' is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.

If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.

Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.

It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?

Playing Bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like... I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer but I like the way I do it.

If you worry about how good the art is, you're never going to make your own art.

I'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over.

Everybody is doing you a favor when you're doing a documentary. You can't pressure them into it.

Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married. And I heard myself say: "That's the way the post-war movie goes.

In the education of women, the cultivation of the understanding is always subordinate to the acquirement of some corporeal accomplishment.

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.

My experience with Khonsu had taught me not be greedy about time. It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more.

I mean I've never been thrown in jail in New York or Los Angeles.