The concept of the Web is of universal readership.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy.

The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people.

I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.

I have often been downcast, but never in despair.

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

A photograph is neither taken or seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.

The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.

I've been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there's ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that's a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

If you could just see your face,” she told me. “You look like a cat in a bathtub.

We need writers, we need to tell stories that include minority people, and then we won't have this discussion about Oscar so white.