The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.

Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.

I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.