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.
Mathematicians always like a deceptively difficult problem.
My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
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 have certainly enjoyed puzzles since an early age, and things that look like impossible things are often particularly intriguing.
I like solving problems that seem intractable. That's how I thrive.
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.
Everyone loves sport. And everyone loves a quiz.
Mind games to me are overrated.
I like KenKen.
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 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.
Our whole life is solving puzzles.
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.
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.
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 love to challenge people.
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.
