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Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from bending a machine to their will. I didn't.

Space camp was actually, like, the best summer of my life. It was amazing. But I thought I wanted to be a computer programmer, and among computer science folks, Turing is this object of cult-like fascination.

I always considered programming as being like modern-day wizardry. You could think of things in your mind and then make them happen.

In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.

To make a computer do something that would take a human a long period of time was always interesting.

I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object.

Authentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest.

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.