The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive.

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

The best stories are the ones with the unexpected plot twists that no one would have guessed, even the writer.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than the difference between theory and practice in theory.

I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.

Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.

The fun thing about TV is you get the opportunity to discover things, and somebody who starts off in a smaller part can really emerge and surprise you.