I think when you have a lot of jumbled up ideas they come together slowly over a period of several years.

We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.

When you understand things, there's no more magic.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons. All that we know, all that we are, comes from the way our neurons are connected.

The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world.

E-mail is interesting. We can't live with it, and you can't live without it.