In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley
I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley
I learned why out riding alone is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse. – Jane Smiley
Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley
There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre youre involved in, whether its a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things. – Gary Gygax
I dont think Ive ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldnt be ours anymore. – Steve Jobs