You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.

The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

I've fought court battles over my inventions before.