It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Portability should be the default.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Life did come with a manual.

…nostalgia is, by definition, the least authentic of all feelings.

Movies are just ridiculously expensive.

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.

Worship is not part of the Christian life, it is the Christian life

You know it's time to start using mouthwash when your dentist leaves the room and sends in a canary.

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

I do a lot of vintage, of course, but I really feel so particular about clothing. I think it stems from acting, like if I'm not wearing the proper shoes for a character I feel totally off.

Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.