Friendships Are Nice. So Is Competence.

I Think Every Writer Should Have Tattooed Backwards On His Forehead, Like Ambulance On Ambulances, The Words 'everybody Needs An Editor.

Social Control Is Best Managed Through Fear.

At Forty, I Was Too Old To Work As A Programmer Myself Anymore; Writing Code Is A Young Person’s Job.

The Experience Of Climbing Kilimanjaro Affected Me So Powerfully That, For A Long Time Afterward, If I Caught Myself Saying, "i'm Not A Person Who Likes To Do That Activity, Eat That Food, Listen To That Music," I Would Automatically Go Out And Do What I Imagined I Didn't Like. Generally I Found I Was Wrong About Myself - I Liked What I Thought I Wouldn't Like. And Even If I Didn't Like The Particular Experience, I Learned I Liked Having New Experiences.

Power Is Neither Male Or Female.