"I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface."

“I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.”

“I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.”

“When setting a long-term goal, find the pace necessary to achieve it.”

“It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.”

Source : E. L. Konigsburg (1999). “The View from Saturday”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

“Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job is to teach people this latter mentality.”

“At Pixar, I don't have to compromise at all. When I look at the finished "Toy Story 3," I don't sit and constantly think, oh, the actor was having a bad day, or oh, it rained and we couldn't use that set. The story that I wanted to tell is what is on screen, and I haven't had to compromise it one iota.”

Source : Source: www.thewrap.com

“She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.”

“When we bring the filmmaker, we bring somebody to help us elevate the material with those things, to help us do something different with all of those resources at their disposal.”

Source : "Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Talks Choosing Directors, THE AVENGERS 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, DOCTOR STRANGE, and Much, Much More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 8, 2013.