Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

Farmers buy a lot of computers.

I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it’s much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad.

I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.