War creates its own intensity of hatred. . . You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.
I've occasionally been wrong about certain things, which is in a way more delightful than being right.
A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.
If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.
It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.
There's no question that males are more violent and more prone to the type of hierarchical organizations that lead to war. War is largely a male activity. In fact, there is some correlation [between making war and] having an excess of males in the population.
Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to say
When a lady's erotic life is vexed God knows what God is coming next.
People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
I recognise no God except the God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions.