I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380.

When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have said less than 50%. I would have said that failure is the most likely outcome.

Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and I've got pretty much the nicest plane I'd want to have.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.