Favoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you've read what someone else has written.

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.

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.

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.

Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.

Kindness begins in the heart of a willing mind.

It is not a surprise that a person would want to be a prophet. What's ridiculous is that other people let him.

Dream research is a wonderful field. All you do is sleep for a living.

You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words.

He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

...life without coffee is not really life.

Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

If I go into a restaurant and the food sucks I feel so depressed I just want to carve it in my wrist with the butter knife.

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.