Being maniacal about something is very helpful.

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.

Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.

(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong.

My guideline has always been to avoid a focus on me personally. Not because of any deep, dark secrets. Rather just a sense of privacy.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.