TITLE: Writing a Book Is Like Flying A Spaceship
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 09, 2013  3:16 PM
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I've always liked this quote from the preface of <EM>Pragmatic
Ajax</EM>, by Gehtland, Galbraith, and Almaer:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
Writing a book is a lot like (we imagine) flying a spaceship
too close to a black hole.  One second you're thinking "Hey,
there's something interesting over there," and a picosecond
later, everything you know and love has been sucked inside
and crushed.
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Programming can be like that, too, in a good way.  Just be sure
to exit the black hole on the other side.
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