“You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.”

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.

Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.

If you take care of your workers they’ll take care of your business.

It’s quite complicated and sounds circular, but we’ve worked out a way of calculate a Web site’s importance.

My job is to help more people have jobs.

I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.