Contrary to what most people believe, fads are made, not born.
When I did inventions, I always thought only of the invention itself, but the kids would ask for marketing materials.
Many young people don't vote because they feel unwelcome and irrelevant, and that's the system's fault... As much as MTV tries to get them to vote, politicians don't include young voters because young voters don't donate money.
If you come up with something that's useless and promote it the right way, everybody will have to have it yesterday, even though they get up the next morning and wonder why they bought it.
It's crazy to go into manufacturing. That's not where the money is.
I'm no Mattel.
I want the Wallwalker in the back of consumers' minds, but not actively thought about. When it returns, they'll react, 'Oh, there they are!' and they'll buy them again as impulse items.
I have always been fascinated by Shaker design and the culture of the Shakers.
I hope to become the Dear Abby of fads.
In California, you want to have the strangest thing, be doing the strangest thing. People admire that.
People in Los Angeles are more used to acting silly than other people.
Fads get hot in California. A good idea can come from Des Moines, but it's not going to be anything there. Then it'll hit Venice Beach or Westwood and go all around the country, back to Des Moines.
Most people who have had big fads have turned out to be just like their products: one-shot deals.
You can't be an inventor trying to figure a better way of changing the spare tire. That's boring. We need someone who figures out how to hit a button and turn the entire car upside down.
People always ask me how I got interested in the Shakers, but I have no clear-cut answer.
Other people might buy a Rolls-Royce. I'd rather encourage people to be creative.
You never know where you're going to get inspiration.
A lot of great inventions are just little improvements on past ideas.
It's incredible how much money you can make on a rubber toy.
I know my life runs in cycles.
