Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.

Money talks. And writes. And publishes. And reviews. But it can't read.

One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary.

Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.

At last a lifetime ambition of mine to become a pimp was satisfied.

The future is only the past again entered through another gate.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

I love him who laboureth and inventeth, that he may build the house for the Superman, and prepare for him earth, animal, and plant: for thus seeketh he his own down-going.

In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.

I don't know how you can live on the planet and not care about the environment. It's our globe, we share it.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.