Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent.

An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination.

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion.

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories.

I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are.

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing.

I've been trolled lots on Twitter. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.

My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.

To hate others is ugly.To hate yourself is uglier.

In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change.

Are your thoughts empowering or limiting?

I'm happy to always be included in the list of women. I'd like to be in the sections about female leaders and male leaders. Why not?

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.

Poetry is God's work.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements.

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.