I like the way Microsoft participates in other-than-mainstream activities, such as academic research, charities, scholarships and connecting the disconnected by providing technology support to underserved people.
I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.
I try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.
To act well isn't an easy thing.
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.
I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.
I spent all my time at school in the library. Bad teachers can teach you to learn on your own.
It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know.