Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

I changed the Linux copyright license to be the GPL some time in the first half of 1992. Mostly because I had hated the lack of a cheaply and easily available UNIX when I had looked for one a year before.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.