The Great Game

"Programming is the Great Game. It consumes you, body and soul. When you're caught up in it, nothing else matters. When you emerge into daylight, you may discover that you're a hundred pounds overweight, your underwear is older than the average first grader, and judging from the number of pizza boxes lying around, it might be spring already. But you don't care, because your program runs, and the code is fast, clever, and tight. You won."

- Orson Scott Card