More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.

I remember, as a kid, thinking more about, you know, watching the world go by and being amazed by how both complex but consistent and elegant it was. You know, why, you know, when you put that cold glass of water on the table, it kind of warms up at a very predictable way.

I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling.

As a kid, I was less interested in the physical tinkering than thinking about what we would now call the physics, as opposed to the engineering.