The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.

You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow.

Information wants to be useful.

I'm not too concerned about the future of Perl after me, because I see how these people are interacting with each other and even when I'm not there, they are helping each other and solving each other's problems in a way that I could not do, even if I were there.