The main activity of programming is not the origination of new independent programs, but in the integration, modification, and explanation of existing ones.

The techniques of artificial intelligence are to the mind what bureaucracy is to human social interaction.

Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.

Good friends will share the umbrella. Best friends will steal it and yell: It’s Awesome, Now Run!

I've developed a new philosophy - I only dread one day at a time.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.

I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when I paint.

Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path.

I seem to have dodged all my days with one or two persons, and lived upon expectation,--as if the bud would surely blossom; and soI am content to live.

I wanted to be kicked and hit and bruised up and beaten. It became something that was an absolutely necessary part of every day for me.

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.