I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

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.

You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential customers out there, I should mention that Kwajalein has some of the worlds best scuba diving and snorkeling! It is literally a tropical paradise.

People will buy the car just because it's a great car. We want them to think it's excellent value for money and then, oh yeah, it happens to be electric.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.