Laymen
“Don’t explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.”
Web
“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. ”
Computer
“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”
Computer Viruses
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”
I still love books
“I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can’t really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, ‘If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we’ll talk.’ All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don’t want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket.”
About Me
“Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers.”
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