"The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first."

"Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know."

"There is no method but to be very intelligent."

"Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same."

"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system."

"So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas."

"I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself."

"We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost."