Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.

The science fiction approach doesn't mean it's always about the future; it's an awareness that this is different.

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

I'm strictly a one-project-at-a-time kind of guy. If I came up with a compelling idea for a different book while working on a project, I'd probably abandon the first project and go with the new idea.

I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up.

The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness

Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they conclude that the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism is connected with being intelligent in people's minds.