“All of a sudden, weve lost a lot of control, he said. We cant turn off our internet; we cant turn off our smartphones; we cant turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now...”

“I am also atheist or agnostic (I don't even know the difference). I've never been to church and prefer to think for myself.”

“I really, really wanted to be successful in my life just based on me and my mind aloneI didnt ever want it to be an equation that amounted to a result coming from my brain plus something else.”

“All of a sudden, we've lost a lot of control. We can't turn off our internet; we can't turn off our smartphones; we can't turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who...”

“I acquired a central ability that was to help me through my entire career: patience. I'm serious. Patience is usually so underrated. I mean, for all these projects, from third grade all the way to ...”

“As soon as he said it was okay to do engineering, that really freed me up. My psychological block was really that I didn't want to start a company. Because I was just afraid. In business and politi...”

“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”

“I get very into my sports.”

“I'm very positive - music-wise, production-wise and life-wise.”

“The superfluous, a very necessary thing.”