I think every writer should have tattooed backwards on his forehead, like ambulance on ambulances, the words 'everybody needs an editor.

The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.

Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.

You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job.

Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.