There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work.

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live, and second, for poor men to know how rich men work

Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.'

I have realized over time that I missed the mark with HyperCard. I grew up in a box-centric culture at Apple. If I'd grown up in a network-centric culture, like Sun, HyperCard might have been the first Web browser. My blind spot at Apple prevented me from making HyperCard the first Web browser.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.