In both arenas, because the body is predominant and vulnerable, the mind becomes an instrument of silent, uninvolved assessment.

The essence of computation is not in the hardware, but in the algorithms that drive it.

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"I think it is in the nature of poetry to be open to the world, to be open to experience, to be open to the other."

The novel is the great art form of the inner life.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.