We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions. – Whitfield Diffie
People meet in bars after work all over the world and talk about the great problems of life and death and the world and politics and they dont take themselves seriously. They can do nothing else except chat about these things in bars after work. – Whitfield Diffie
I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but its all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology. – Whitfield Diffie
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it – mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction – I dont know if I want to do that anymore. – Seth Grahame-Smith