I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

There's a fundamental difference, if you sort of look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that's out there exploring the stars...compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.

Great companies are built on great products.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.