Computer programming has always been a self-taught, maverick occupation. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
A computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very small part of ourselves: that portion devoted to… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
If you've ever watched someone who is a mother talk on the phone, feed the dog, bounce the baby, it's just astounding… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
A computer is a general-purpose machine with which we engage to do some of our deepest thinking and analyzing. This tool brings… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I think technical people now should learn literature, because literature teaches you a great deal about how - the depths and variety of human… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin;… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
“I believed my motivations were clear: to help the patient see the pattern that had been imposed upon her, this endless repetition of being… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
It had to happen to me sometime: sooner or later, I would have to lose sight of the cutting edge. That moment every technical… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
Through the miracle of natural genetic recombination, each child, with the sole exception of an identical twin, is conceived as a unique being. Even… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
Y2K has challenged a belief in digital technology that has been almost religious. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share
