Common Lisp is politics, not art.

In case you're not a computer person, I should probably point out that 'Real Soon Now' is a technical term meaning 'sometime before the heat-death of the universe, maybe'.

If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon.

If you are always pressing the envelope, you will suffer many paper cuts.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

The most striking thing about Graham's discussion of how to allocate your assets between stocks and bonds is that he never mentions the word "age".

The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor.

All intellectual missionaries tend to lechery.

To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.

When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a Broadway stage at 11 years old? It's so far in the distance now.

If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?