“The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.”

“Time played on the opposite team.”

“It's all in the opposition of the thumbs. For all we know, whales sing in three act plays—but they can't write them down.”

“In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.”

“There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.”

“I’m playing catch with Nisha and Nena. They’re standing against the opposite wall shrieking with enjoyment. They’re teenagers, but they’ve never played catch before and lack any sense of coordination; when they throw the ball to me it flies in any direction. Sometimes it hits the wall behind them. We’ve been playing for half an hour and they have only caught it twice.”