It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening.

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

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.

Life is not about getting everything right, as much as it’s about working to live right.

I am not the #Prisoner of my #Past neither the #Slave for my #Future !!

Never cut what you can untie.

When all else fails, throw a party!

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

Relationships do change throughout the course of your life, and I always think in terms of relationships changing and evolving rather than starting and stopping.

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

Please Mr. Trump: Say what you mean. Mean what you say.