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" Writing is a very isolating occupation. "

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" Watching a program run is not as revealing as reading its code. "

" The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin; the publication of 'Jane Eyre' - add anything you like. "

" Evolution, dismissed as a sloppy programmer, has seen fit to create us as a wild amalgam of everything that came before us: except for the realm of insects, the whole history of life on earth is inscribed within our bodies. "

" It has occurred to me that if people really knew how software got written, I'm not sure they'd give their money to a bank or get on an airplane ever again. "

" I like mysteries. "

" I think storytelling in general is how we really deeply know things. It's ancient. "

" After we have put our intimate secrets and credit card numbers online, what can prevent us from putting our elections there as well? "

" We don't have to live up to our computer. "

" What happens to people like myself, who have been involved with computing for a long time, is that you begin to see how many of the 'new' ideas are simply old ones coming back into view on the swing of the pendulum, with new and faster hardware to back it up. "

" UNIX always presumes you know what you're doing. You're the human being, after all, and it is a mere operating system. "

" Our Constitution is designed to change very slowly. It's a feature, not a bug. "

" I fear for the world the Internet is creating. "

" My approach to being a self-taught programmer was to find out who was smart and who would be helpful, and these were - these are both men and women. And without learning from my co-workers, I never could've gone on in the profession as long as I did. "

" Abhorring error is not necessarily positive. "

" The human mind, as it turns out, is messy. "

" Even simple fixes can bring the whole system down. "

" Software and digital devices are imbued with the values of their creators. "

" The brain is plastic, continuously changing its organization. "

" When you lose your Visa card, you get a new card with a new number, and any new charges with the old number are blocked. Why can't we do the same with Social Security numbers? "

" The biggest problem is that people have stopped being critical about the role of the computer in their lives. These machines went from being feared as Big Brother surrogates to being thought of as metaphors for liberty and individual freedom. "

" I won't use Twitter. Twitter posts are thought-farts. I don't care about unconsidered thoughts of the moment. "

" People imagine that programming is logical, a process like fixing a clock. Nothing could be further from the truth. "

" What I hope is that those with the knowledge of the humanities break into the closed society where code gets written: invade it. "

" I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its isolation and uncertain outcomes, keeps most from the task. "

" The world of programmers is not going to change on its own. "

" It is deep in our nature to make tools. "

" I don't consider myself a Jewish writer. "

" Computer programming has always been a self-taught, maverick occupation. "

" The condition of my personal workspace is my own business, as I see it. "

" Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity. "