With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon. Didn't work out.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

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.

My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.