There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.