Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

When you write it doesn't occur to you that somebody could think different from what you do.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.

I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.

Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit-driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn't matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute, you can change the world and/or get really, stinking rich.