For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.

Always deliver more than expected.

If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. ... Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.

It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough.

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.

Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.

Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

We should be building great things that don't exist.

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

Given that I'm from the South, I wanted to do something to address that. I have been focusing more energy and resources on addressing those issues.

I personally think Chimes of Midnight is a much better film than Citizen Kane.

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.

You’ve already lost the battle if you’re afraid to fight.

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.

You can't be pro-business unless you're pro education.

Boys will be boys... They commit mistakes.

Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem.

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. If we lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide and govern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story is told.