Here's an insight that I've had about success: You can't be successful at everything. We hear a lot of talk about work-life balance. Nonsense. You can't have it all. You can't. So any vision of success has to admit what it's losing out on, where the element of loss is. And I think any wise life will accept, as I say, that there is going to be an element where we're not succeeding.

我不想有一天醒来，发现自己没有充分活过。

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

Every stroke of the brush carries the weight of personal and collective memory.

真正的技术是让人感觉不到技术的存在。

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

你无法控制生活中的一切，但你可以控制自己的反应。

The story itself is the protagonist, rather than the story of the people.