Don't ever make the mistake [of thinking] that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That's giving your intelligence much too much credit.

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.

Every time I see some piece of medical research saying that caffeine is good for you, I high-five myself. Because I'm going to live forever.

Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.

What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt.

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the "pay for use" binary shareware programs.

I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people and most people get along with me.