Memorizing the work of others definitely made me a better writer.

Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.

Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

We're not going to outgrow our need for information.

Every time you learn a new language, your understanding of language overall grows, so every time I would learn new music, my understanding of music would grow because I was taken to an extreme in a different direction, and that was, in effect, carrying over into what I do.

To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

Learn to program by looking at good programs — not just at what they do, but at the source code.

It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.

Arts education must be part of our education solution because it works for all students.

[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.