There's a magic to letting a story and its people unfold with witchcraft and late nights and walks in the woods. You don't lead a story. You follow it.

Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can change it now, and who is to say that it was all wrong, anyway?

We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

XML is not a language in the sense of a programming language any more than sketches on a napkin are a language.

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

A library is a path to the future--find yours there.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.