It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.

That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just another day.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

The worldly life is not the trouble, the ‘wrong belief’ is the trouble [oopadhi]. What happens when you believe that which is not yours, as being yours? You will be in trouble.

If life is what you make it, the building blocks are your desire and your passion.

Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.

I have blocks of time where I'm working intently on something.

Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing.

Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?

It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.

Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.