I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by our own subjectivity.

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.

She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.

If we are meant to be gifts to one another, living in the past negates the present we need to be.

Her mother and memory lapses were BFFs.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

By far the greatest discovery of all the centuries is the power of thought.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Almost everything that I behold in this wonderful country bears traces of improvement and reform - everything except Pie.

When I play my best golf, I feel as if I'm in a fog, standing back watching the earth in orbit with a golf club in my hands.

A lot of good and regular art gets made because of who you talk to. No one is immune to human contact and art is not made in a vacuum.

Always keep your best work.