This is the Unix philosophy. Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.

As a programmer, it is your job to put yourself out of business. What you do today can be automated tomorrow.

The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code.

Keep it simple, make it general, and make it intelligible.

Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.

You can't heal hurt with hate.

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

I told you I was trouble, you know that I'm no good.

What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action.

Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that’s because he’s guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.

What's the difference between Lindsay Lohan and Rick Perry? It only takes Lindsay four and a half hours to finish a sentence.

I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.

In writing, as in life, always be true to your character.

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.

In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.