If true computer music were ever written, it would only be listened to by other computers.

Friendships are nice. So is competence.

The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.

Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.

We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind.

Only assholes put a nickname on their business card.

This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.