Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.

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

Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

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.

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.

Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.