Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass.

What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

Programmers can be lazy.

I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.