Failure Is Always An Option.

In The Summer Of 2002, We Had Spent Six Weeks Shooting The Three Pilots Of Mythbusters, And Jamie[hyneman] Called Me Up Afterward - Well, First He Called Me Up To Tell Me To Clear My Crap Back Out Of His Shop - And He Said, "well, That Was Kind Of Fun, Wasn't It? I Mean, I Don't See Where This Could Go, Because We Pretty Much Did Everything. But It Was Fun."

I Think At This Point, There's A Certain Bizarre Chemistry Between Jamie [hyneman] And I That We Can't Ignore A Lot Of The Mechanics Of, That We're Quite Aware Of. Half Of It Is Absolutely Genuine, And Half Of It Is Us Playing Around With That Fact.

I Just Had One Of Those 'what The Hell Are We Doing' Moments.

Audiences Of Critical Thinkers Are My Favorite Kinds Of Audiences. There Are Jokes I Tell In The Show That Don't Get Laughs Unless I Am In Front Of An Audience Of Critical Thinkers. Put Me In Front Of A Crowd Of Science Teachers Or Astronauts! The Guileless Aren't Our Audience - It's The Critical Thinkers We Love.

Mostly I Make Lists For Projects. This Can Be Daunting. Breaking Something Big Into Its Constituent Parts Will Help You Organize Your Thoughts, But It Can Also Force You To Confront The Depth Of Your Ignorance And The Hugeness Of The Task. That's Ok. The Project May Be The Lion, But The List Is Your Whip.