Dreaming in Code - Andy Hertzfeld Quotes

There are some great quotes from Mac hacker, Andy Hertzfeld in Scott Rosenberg's book Dreaming in Code.

• "My style is to get something going really quick and then turn it into the great thing that is the reason you're doing it. You're not working to have it be run-of-the-mill. You're working on it to do something great. But you need to get it started! The key is getting exciting work going; the rest of it will take care of itself. You're sparking off each other - a virtuous cycle - once you're doing the thing you're there to do."
• "There's no such thing as a typical software project. Every project is different."
• "And in this meeting, we kill the snake - we don't just make plans to kill the snake."
• "I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who is breathing life into it. In a ferocious way."
• "My way of writing code is, you sculpt it, you get something as good as you can, and everything is subject to change, always, as you learn. But you climb this ladder of learning about your problem. Every problem's unique, so you have to learn about each problem, and you do something and get a better vantage point. And from that vantage point you can decide to throw it out."
• "Code is cheap. But often it tells you what to do next."
• "We all need more glory as designers - to show we can design another great thing. Everybody who has a first success, especially when it's young, wonders: Was it luck, or was it skill ? Well, it's a little of both. If you can do another really great one, it shows the world something."