Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.

The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride...

England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.

Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

Citizenship is the right to have rights.

As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.

I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. It's not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much.

Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.

The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity's deepest needs.

Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.