It's easy to get good table talk going if you have a little help in the form of questions, games, newspaper articles, books with fun statistics, things like that.
I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.
My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
Mathematicians always like a deceptively difficult problem.
I grew up with plenty of smart people. They would beat me at chess; they could solve brain teasers before I could, but then they would struggle in algebra. These were incredibly smart people who simply did not have the foundation in math that I had.
I like solving problems that seem intractable. That's how I thrive.
I have certainly enjoyed puzzles since an early age, and things that look like impossible things are often particularly intriguing.
I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew.
Word games are very easy for me.
Mind games to me are overrated.
Everyone loves sport. And everyone loves a quiz.
I like KenKen.
I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.
Just by chance, I happened to meet someone who told me there was a high level quizzing circuit.
Basically, I'm a bit of a nerd and I've always wanted to solve a Rubik's Cube.
Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.
I think if a person plays 'Quantum Conundrum' and they walk away feeling really intelligent and skilled, that's what I want. That's my only goal.
Mathematicians are always playing tricks on each other. They're always pulling jokes on each other.
Our whole life is solving puzzles.
Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that the writing is the key ingredient that makes 'Jeopardy!' so great.
I'm always trolling for trivia.
'Quantum Conundrum' has a little bit of something for everybody - it's got something for kids and it's got enough of a challenge for a hardcore gamer.
I'm a natural puzzle solver.
I decided the things I enjoyed were quizzes and television, so I decided to find a way to combine them.
I like to make people think a little bit.
