How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!

The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.

There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice.