Stealing music is not right, and I can understand people being very upset about their intellectual property being stolen.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a culture shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.

Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.

Once IBM gains control of a market sector, they almost always stop innovation. They prevent innovation from happening.

All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

The important point is to not just follow your passion but something larger than yourself.