One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one's work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be.

Parity is for farmers.

Farmers buy a lot of computers.

Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.

I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it’s much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer )