I would never complain about the position I’m in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I’m very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don’t see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband.
I have this saying: They either want The Bean or they don’t want The Bean. I just am my own thing. It works or it doesn’t work.
As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular level, we will be able to predict with more accuracy how it will evolve.
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.
The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes.
I know I’m not creating transcendent works that will someday be taught in college. All I do is entertain. I try to entertain others by sending them into another world for a few hours. When I see my books read on the beach, the pages dabbed with suntan lotion, then I feel as if I’ve done my job.
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
The whole character of Super Dave is a takeoff on people who pontificate. So one thing I never want to do is pontificate why this works, why this is funny. I have no idea what the appeal is. All we are trying to do is make people have a good time and laugh.
When the collective works, the individuals with show themselves.
