The problem of modern society is it turns the whole world into a school. Everybody's wearing jeans, everybody's the same. And yet, they're not. So there's a spirit of equality combined with deep inequality, which can make for a very stressful situation.

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

"El pasado no es más que una ilusión, pero es una ilusión necesaria."

所有好书都有一个共同点——它们比真实发生的事更真实。