Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.

I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.

[My teacher] basically bribed me back into learning with candy and money and what was really remarkable was before very long I had such a respect for her that it sort of re-ignited my desire to learn.

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right

My philosophy is that everything starts with a great product.

You've probably had somebody punch you in the stomach and it knocks the wind of you and you can't breathe. That's how I felt.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.