I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been an amature inventor for a long time.
I'm an inventor.
I guess that's just the life of an inventor: what people do with your ideas takes you totally by surprise.
To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be in an airport lounge, in a hotel room, and continue working; I fire up my laptop, and I'm in exactly the same place I was when I left home - that, to me, is a miracle.
I'm just lucky to have great parents. My sister's an actress. My brother's a musician. I found it hard growing up in such a... creatively driven family. I wanted to have this thing to create, myself.
I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect.
When I was 22, I realised I wanted to be an inventor.
I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.
I'm the laziest inventor you ever met. My inventing is in my head - I don't have to be in the lab working and sweating.
My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.