"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
"As you get older you don't want to just do the same thing, otherwise there's not much point. I think it's more or less trying to write things that, perhaps, say more by doing less, or you're always trying to refine things, make things a little simpler, a little more essential."
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Source: iRobot: From R2-D2 to practical robots. fortune.com. August 14, 2014.
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