On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist.

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.

knowledge of who we are prevents us from being distracted by the demands of our surroundings

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.

The Gospel of John opens with Jesus Christ in the bosom of God, and closes with the sinner in the bosom of Jesus Christ.

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of telling true stories.

The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.

The public library is the most dangerous place in town

Today again I am hardly myself. It happens over and over.

We have to understand and explain to each other what blackness is.