My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.

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.

God didn't miss any of us.

Twitter is currently valued at $8 billion, or $1 for every hour it has wasted.

God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.

I like to go to bed early so I can get up early.

At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.

And the earth self-balanced on her centre hung.

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.