sit in their backyard and read trashy novels.

Without it, we decline, we wither, and somebody else takes our place.

We've had this program since the mid-1970s and it's really become a part of the corporate culture, not just for Intel but for many other Silicon Valley companies as well, ... It's funny because you start to measure things in 7-year increments. If you say, 'I've been here for six years,' someone will always say, 'Oh! One more year till sabbatical.'

I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.

I read a lot of detective novels.

To sit on Mike Gonzalez until the ninth inning might have put you in a position where you don't get an opportunity to use him. It just made all the sense in the world.