I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.