The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the... →
Junot Diaz
People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows... →
There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is... →
When it first notices an approaching threat, a fly's body might be in any sort of posture depending on what it was doing at the time, like... →
Michael Dickinson
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they... →
Joan Didion
The arrangement of the words matters, and the arrangement you want can be found in the picture in your mind. The picture dictates the arrangement.... →
I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control... →
Whitfield Diffie
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
Edsger Dijkstra
I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.
Matt Dillon
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
Diogenes