Most ideas are a bit scary, and if an idea isn't scary, it's not an idea at all.

[In 2004] That's how I got a relationship with Steve Jobs. Because I listened really hard to him cause he's the smartest guy I ever worked for.

Throughout history, the technology always comes first. It's just technology for a while, until the day we artists inherit it.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

A thing that most creatives don't do well is that you've gotta learn to listen.

If it's been done, do it better. If it hasn't been done, do it so well that better is not an option.

Creative people are 50% ego and 50% insecurity.