Software development, like professional sports, has a way of making thirty-year-old men feel decrepit.
Neal StephensonThe story is everything, so it always begins with a story. Research is a kind of scaffolding built underneath the story as I go along. My enjoyment level varies, but in general, I'm writing about topics I find interesting, so I can't gripe too much.
Neal StephensonI think that this vein is close to being mined out already, but I'll say that my knowledge of and talent for linguistics are quite limited and I'm not aware of being a hell of a lot more interested in that topic than I am in others.
Neal StephensonIf you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him?
Neal Stephenson