Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

Don't be afraid of new arenas.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do.