"The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers."

"Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract."

"I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do."

"I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it."

"If we build superintelligence carefully, a tool that amplifies human creativity rather than replacing it, if we can align its goals with humanity."

"If we build superintelligence carefully, the beginning of a new era of cognitive automation, if we can align its goals with humanity."

"The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids."

"I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it."