The internet explodes when somebody has the creativity to look at a piece of data that's put there for one reason and realise they can connect it with something else.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance.

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.

I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life.

It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right. That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.