We really have to work hard to remind people even though this is far away, that's it's probably the most generous thing governments have ever come together to do. Since World War II, this new institution is the only one that's emerged and is saving all these lives.

I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government.

The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but over long periods of time where the wind doesn't blow, you have reliable energy. That's a path. But energy storage is hard. That's not a guaranteed path.

The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does.

The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.