Bram Cohen

The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want.

— Bram Cohen

The content people have no clue. I mean, no clue. The cost of bandwidth is going down to nothing. And the size…

— Bram Cohen

My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

— Bram Cohen

A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal.

— Bram Cohen

I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right. I'm very, very good at writing protocols. I've…

— Bram Cohen

In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict…

— Bram Cohen

Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor, detect drug…

— Bram Cohen

When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.

— Bram Cohen

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

— Bram Cohen

Give and ye shall receive.

— Bram Cohen

The next release of mainline is going to have a lot of the advanced features people want, by the way.

— Bram Cohen

I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to…

— Bram Cohen

One thing about school - I always had this attitude that I was in school to learn, and attempted to do whatever…

— Bram Cohen

Lawyers can't tell you you can't do something. They can warn you about risks, and in extreme cases tell you that something…

— Bram Cohen

I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team.

— Bram Cohen

It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to…

— Bram Cohen

Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques…

— Bram Cohen

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own.…

— Bram Cohen

The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless

— Bram Cohen

When you're a connoiseur you look for interesting rather than good.

— Bram Cohen

With BitTorrent, the cat's out of the bag.

— Bram Cohen

I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right.

— Bram Cohen

Things which any idiot could write usually have the quality of having been written by an idiot.

— Bram Cohen

Arimaa's a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers.

— Bram Cohen