I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.

Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you're not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you're not going to make progress.

Can liberty be destroyed by the truth?

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.

I don't think people understand how much hard work innovation is. That it's not just getting an idea. You really have to cross your T's and dot your I's long before you ever start on the project. I don't think people perceive that about me. I work hard.

I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well.