We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

The superfluous is very necessary

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.