My intent is simply to know my material so well that I'm very comfortable with it. Confidence, not perfection, is the goal.

Part of the challenge of innovation is coming up with the problem to solve, not just its solution.

Innovation is significant positive change.

I don’t want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying to be perfect gets in the way of all three.

It's safe to assume that no matter where you stand, someone would be happy to be in your shoes, just as you'd be happy to be in someone else's.

Big thoughts are fun to romanticize, but it's many small insights coming together that bring big ideas into the world.

It's rare for people to genuinely try to understand what others are trying to say.