Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.