“I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”

The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.

That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!

Great companies are built on great products.

Don’t be afraid of new arenas.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!

Great companies are built on great products.

Don’t be afraid of new arenas.

As a child I would just question things.

I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.

We should be excited about the future & striving to go beyond the horizon!

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

We have to think before we act.

My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.

Don’t take your toys inside just because it’s raining.

I wouldn’t give myself any advice, because advice is kinda bullshit. Take a deep breath and don’t take any of it too seriously.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.