On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.

To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.

Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams.

Iraq is a fabricated state that has failed. It has always been a failure. It exists on the map. On the map, it has some borders, but these borders weren’t drawn naturally.

There is no greater companion like books.

Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don't hide from them.

I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

Out of limitations, new forms emerge

Sorrow makes for sincerity, I think.