In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world.

Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high

I think it's going to be great if people can buy a ticket to fly up and see black sky and the stars. I'd like to do it myself-but probably after it has flown a serious number of times first!

That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

Sometimes it's very difficult to find fresh fruit on the road.