There is no such thing as a publishable first draft.

Editors seek out the first novels with the seductiveness of Don Juans; the pleasure of discovery is one of the obvious reasons.

Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.

If you cannot learn from a child, teaching a child might be useless!!!!

God always keeps His promises.

We may not have the power to move mountains, but if we have the power to take someone's hand and named them loved and forgiven we have power enough.

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else.

My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google.