I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded.