“We are much better at writing code than haiku.”

“When we write code, we forgot about the bigger picture.”

“Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.”

“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.”

“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.”

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”

“Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they're called artists.”

“Everyone writes code as they’re used to, and that’s ugly.”

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”

“There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.”