I want to give people who might not feel included a place to go.

Poppy's world is a magical place, and it's the most free part of the entire universe.

I'm fascinated by people's obsession with how they look and how humans really do judge you within the first few seconds of meeting you.

I think that there should be more artists that want to be the escape for people, for the fans, for the public.

The credit derivative market would never have evolved but for the preexistence of the derivative markets because so much of the technology was borrowed.

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve so much more, at unmatched scale with software and interactive learning.

The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward successful ideas, no matter who invents them. But to remain competitive in a free market, companies must exercise discipline to meet quantitative goals and eventually become cashflow positive.