I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are.

An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination.

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion.

Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent.

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories.

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing.

I've been trolled lots on Twitter. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.

My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.

The soul of our civilization depends upon the civilization of our soul. The imagination of our culture calls for a culture of the imagination.

It's good to let your mind wonder, as long as you know where it's going

Most people just want to see you fall, that's more reason to stand tall.

In Hollywood I got work but not the right work until Pushing Daisies. Every girl in LA wanted the part of Chuck. I was terrified - I didn't know if I could be funny.

There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

Penalties are awful, unfair, but what else is there?

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.

People make first judgments about people based on their appearance. There's an old saying, "The clothes make the man.".