I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end the community will come around.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I refuse to say anything beyond five years because I don't think we can see much beyond five years.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Backhoes can save us a lot of digging. But of course, you can misuse it.

There are kinds of solitude that provide a respite from loneliness, a holiday if not a cure.

I love great acting, as nerdy as that sounds.

Wouldn't it be nice if the internet blew up?

I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.

The hinge is distinctly different, so when you look at it carefully, you recognize that it is its own unique design.

I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.

The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that means I can go onstage and sound like Scotty Moore now and again!"

Be true to thine own self.