We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to debug them.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Portability should be the default.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Too late. It was all too late. But she went on, determined as ever and always trying to catch up.

Dear young aspiring leader, one day you will be in a position of power. That shouldn't let you enslave nor look down upon others, but aim to influence change for the benefit of future generations.

Every year, we have 365 chances to begin a new lifetime.

Revenge is a dish best eaten cold and there is no sweeter dish than outliving an enemy

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.

I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.

The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.

I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in.