The biggest effect of the personal computer revolution has been to allow millions and millions of people to experience computers themselves decades before they ever would have in the old paradigm.

Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?

I think the Macintosh was created by a group of people who felt that ah there wasn't a strict vision between sort of science and art.

I can help the next generation remember the lineage of great companies here and how to continue the tradition. The Valley has been very supportive of me. I should do my best to repay.

We don't believe it's possible to protect digital content. What's new is this amazingly efficient distribution system for stolen property called the Internet-- and no one's gonna shut down the Internet. And it only takes one stolen copy to be on the Internet. And the way we expressed it to them is: Pick one lock--open every door. It only takes one person to pick a lock. Worst case: Somebody just takes the analog outputs of their CD player and rerecords it-- puts it on the Internet. You'll never stop that. So what you have to do is compete with it.

What this means is that people are seeing a stable business, which is good, and a business that is in control, which is also good.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.