I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.

Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.

... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

A person hears only what they understand.

The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.

The older I get, the more I prefer to talk to old people. Old people or kids.

All women speak two languages: 
the language of men 
and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third, 
the language of queens.

Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he is crossed, even by a small storekeeper.

The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find associates.