“The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.”

— Daniel H. Pink , book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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American business writer 1964

Vera Nazarian (1966) American writer

Source: The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“I think science is best taught as a puzzle to be solved.”

Steven Novella (1964) American neurologist, skepticist

SGU, Podcast #187, February 11th, 2009 http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/187
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Podcast, 2000s

“Those who really solve mathematical puzzles are the physicists.”

Carlo Beenakker (1960) Dutch physicist

In Interview with Professor Carlo Beenakker. Interviewers: Ramy El-Dardiry and Roderick Knuiman (February 1, 2006).
Context: … mathematicians are much more concerned for example with the structure behind something or with the whole edifice. Mathematicians are not really puzzlers. Those who really solve mathematical puzzles are the physicists. If you like to solve mathematical puzzles, you should not study mathematics but physics!

“Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season Reviewed by Joss Whedon http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/dvd/0,6115,1114734_21|111120||0_0_,00.html

“The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.”

William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor

Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 21, A Writers Decisions: Organizing a Long Article, p. 254.

“Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.”

Shigeru Miyamoto (1952) Japanese video game designer and producer

Source: http://uk.wii.com/software/interviews/mario_kart/vol1/index.html

“Running became my way of solving this puzzle of what had happened to me. It was just me and the road.”

Jason P. Lester (1974) American triathlete and distance runner

Running on Faith: the Principles, Passion and Pursuit of a Winning Life (2010); as quoted in "First Read: Jason Lester’s Running on Faith" https://web.archive.org/web/20140726214009/http://lavamagazine.com/first-read-jason-lesters-running-on-faith/?cbg_tz=-60, LAVA Magazine (November 2, 2010).