I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time

The problem is fundamental... It is as if a secret committee, now lost to history, has made a study of children and, having figured out what the greatest number were least disposed to declared that all of them should do it.

I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.