February 1, 2013 · 2:01 am

Phillip Pullman
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
–Philip Pullman
http://www.philip-pullman.com/
June 6, 2012 · 9:40 pm
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. –Isaac Asimov
You must stay drunk on writing, so reality doesn’t destroy you. –Ray Bradbury
October 17, 2011 · 10:05 pm
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
–Rich Cook
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April 23, 2011 · 10:25 pm

photo of Mark Twain
“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.” —Mark Twain
And somehow, if you don’t know who Mark Twain is, here’s where you can get a clue: Mark Twain.
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April 3, 2011 · 9:11 pm
“One of the greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people rarely read.” —John Kenneth Galbraith
Click on John Kenneth Galbraith to learn a little more about him.
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April 2, 2011 · 10:56 am
“Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.” —Dave Barry
To learn more about Dave Barry, American writer and humorist, go to Dave Berry’s Official Website

Buying the right computer is often a challenge.
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