"In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority."

“I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going.”

“Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend.”

“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition.”

“A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.”

“My tides were fluctuating, too - back and forth, back and forth - sometimes so fast they seemed to be spinning. They call this 'rapid cycling.' It's a marvel that a person can appear to be standing still when the mood tides are sloshing back and forth, sometimes sweeping in both directions at once. They call that a 'mixed state.'”

Source : Jane Pauley (2004). “Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue”, p.4, Random House

“What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?”

Source : Delmore Schwartz, James Atlas (1978). “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories”, p.184, New Directions Publishing

“I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.”

“Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.”