I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.

If you have fun at your job, I think you're going to be more effective.

'Perfect' is the enemy of 'good enough'.

Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.

We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.

People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.

Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.