Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

Observe, don't imitate.

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.

Every book is three books, after all; the one the writer intended, the one the reader expected, and the one that casts its shadow when the first two meet by moonlight.

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.

I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge.

Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.

When possible, the brain makes a behavior into a habit, which saves effort and therefore gives us more capacity to deal with complex, novel, or urgent matters.

The mark of a mature man is the ability to give love and receive it joyously and without guilt.

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.

After the USA, Germany today is once more the leading steel producing country in the world.

If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.

It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.

Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.

That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.