I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world.

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

I think that reality exists and that it's knowable.

The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.

If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.