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

I had a lot of successes, but what really made me fearless was my complete failure at Zidd-Davis. Once you've lived through that, you know you can survive, and you're not as scared... There's nothing to build confidence like real achievement, but also like real failure.

There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes.

Cyberspace still exists at the pleasure of the real world.

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

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've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.