Paul Graham

"Books like The Moon is Harsh Mistress and Foundation used to take over my brain completely. It was like living in the future." - Paul Graham

"Freeman Dyson's Maker of Patterns is a wonderful book. Books of letters aren't usually very good, but this is as good as an autobiography, if not better. And of a very interesting man." - Paul Graham

"Joel Hamkins's Proof and the Art of Mathematics is a beautiful book in both senses. It's both beautifully written, but also physically beautiful, thanks to its many illustrations, which I was surprised to hear were made by the author himself." - Paul Graham

"I've read it. Excellent book." - Paul Graham

"I've been thinking about this, and it was probably The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp." - Paul Graham