In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.

People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

My special possessions are my sacred family.

This universe belongs to those who know how to see, feel, and love the beauty of life and the universe.

My way of finding a place in this world is to write one.

I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.

I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile.

I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better!

I love to write, to sing, to make music. Not to act: I am horrible.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

The Post Office is very careful nowadays. When they get a package marked "Fragile," they throw it underhand.

As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.