I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Portability should be the default.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Time is always ready.

Dark, unfeeling and unloving powers determine human destiny.

True Love never says good-bye, and this is why: True Love last forever.

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the Church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.

I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine?

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

I am a product of the system, I was born to destroy.

Success in anything is through happiness.