The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

Software is more important than hardware.

We're only at the beginning of what we have to do here.

Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.

I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer industry and thinking, Wow, that's amazing. But I never thought I'd be on that list. It's clear I was wrong. I'm on the list, at least temporarily.

Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It doesn't [mean] that other countries won't pick different tacks and emphasize different things. In aggregate, they're almost half of the energy R&D. Europe, China, Japan - it's very important that they come along and contribute to these things.

Often you have to rely on intuition.