The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.

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.

Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they're not the government.

The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol.

It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.

Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.

Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.