“They were like peanut butter and jelly on a sandwich made from moldy and crusty bread.”

#writing #throwawayline

Goals are impersonal. Motives are what give goals personality.

#writing #character

“Not every failure is a disaster, not every success a blessing.”

#writing

“He was a professional idiot. That’s why he never asked for a raise.”

#writing

“He picked his teeth with the edge of the credit card which he then handed to the server.”

#writing #character

“There are humans working to replace humans with tech. Some believe it will help humans progress. Very few believe the tech will replace them––or that the money they make in the process will still be meaningful. That belief was valid before tech became smarter than humans.”

#writing

“We need to stand our ground.”

“But they have guns.”

“We have each other.”

“Speak for yourself. It was fun while it lasted. I’m out of here.”

#writing #character

“‘It’s not your money unless you take it,’ he said, as he helped himself to the TV with the broken screen on the garbage pile.”

#writing #character

“That’s OK. You won’t feel a thing after you’re dead.”

#writing

We have programming language wars. We have editor wars. We have IDE wars. We have programming paradigm wars. We now have AI wars. Soon we will have the real AI wars.

There’s a book idea there…

#ai #programming #conflict #writing