No one should do a job he can do in his sleep.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

I think that Utopia is a theory of human action.

I don't know anything about press conferences." "Oh, just Google it. I'm sure someone's written an article on holding a successful one. I mean, if the President can manage it, I'm sure you can. He looks like he can barely tie his shoes without help.

If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block?

If you've never programmed a computer, you should. There's nothing like it in the whole world. When you program a computer, it does exactly what you tell it to do. It's like designing a machine — any machine, like a car, like a faucet, like a gas-hinge for a door — using math and instructions. It's awesome in the truest sense: it can fill you with awe.

The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.