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.

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.

No I don't ever give up. I would have to be dead or completely incapacitated

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

Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed.

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