Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.

Everyday people are not very good designers.

User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project.

Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that.

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format.

Light doesn’t always keep the dark things away, ” Nyx said.

Sometimes, I wondered if I might speed up his words by grabbing his wrists and finishing his gestures for him.

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

Inactives-those whose feet are not placed on the path which leads to eternal life.

The goal of terror is not traditional territorial enlargement; rather the war target of the terrorist is the dismemberment of the will of the community it terrorizes.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes.

Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.

Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.