Branching is easy. Merging is hard.

When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call “the first derivative.” Is this person learning? Is this candidate moving forward, or have they stagnated.

If Sun were to hand the management of Java over to a committee of monkeys, would it be more successful?

The difference between a novelist and someone who tinkers around with writing is this: novelists finish their books.

The mind reels.

Meditation. That's the key. Supposedly. Calming your mind ind total silence. Understanding your connection to the natural world and all that. You do that, and you can hear it. All the talking.

Bravery breaks barriers

America once had the clarity of a pioneer axe.

I've written for the last 15 years on TV shows, but now I'm doing the new Charlie Sheen program, 'Anger Management.'

Whatever is in common is true; but likeness is false.

Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses?

What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered.

Learn to speak by listening.