Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

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.

I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace.

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