In a last-minute interview with the BBC, Elon Musk claimed that operating Twitter had been "very difficult" and "a rollercoaster."
The multibillionaire businessman said that if the proper buyer presented himself, he would sell the company.
The live interview from Twitter Headquarters also explored his work habits, disinformation, and huge layoffs.
Twitter was purchased by Mr. Musk, who also owns Tesla Motors and SpaceX, in October for $44 billion (Ł35.4 billion).
Mr. Musk defended his management of the firm during the session, in which he attempted to conduct the interview as much as the other way around.
When asked if he regretted purchasing Twitter, the second-richest guy in the world responded, "The pain level has been quite high, this hasn't been fun at all.
Mr. Musk said of his early days in charge: "It hasn't been dull. That has certainly been a rollercoaster.
He continued, saying it had been "actually quite a stressful situation over the previous few months," but he insisted that he still believed purchasing the business was the best course of action.
He said that things were "pretty well" and that the website "functions" and that use is rising.
He said that due to his workload, "I occasionally sleep at the office," and that he also has a sofa area in a library that "nobody goes to."
And he also commented on his occasionally contentious tweets, asking: "Have I repeatedly wounded myself in the foot with tweets? Yes."
He said, "I suppose I shouldn't tweet after 3 in the morning."
When asked about the decision to put a label designating the BBC as "government-financed media" on its primary Twitter account, Mr. Musk responded, "I know the BBC is typically not delighted about being labelled as state media."
The business contacted the social media behemoth earlier this week over the designation on the @BBC account to "as quickly as feasible" fix the situation.
"The BBC is and has always been impartial. Via the licence price, the British public supports us "It read.
Mr. Musk said that Twitter was changing the BBC's designation to "publicly funded." "We're attempting to be precise," he said.
Adding that the interview was "a wonderful chance to ask some questions" and "to get some input on what we should be doing differently," Mr. Musk said, "I genuinely do have a lot of respect for the BBC."
While most of its advertisers have come back, Mr. Musk stated when discussing Twitter's profitability that the firm is now "basically breaking even."
He said that it had not been simple to reduce the staff from just under 8,000 when he purchased the company to roughly 1,500.
It's not practical to speak with so many individuals face to face, he acknowledged, therefore he did not terminate everyone in person.
Since Mr Musk acquired Twitter, several of the company's engineers have left, raising questions about the stability of the platform.
He admitted certain issues, such as site outages, but claimed that they had only lasted a brief period and that everything was presently great.
Mr Musk was questioned during the conversation, which was streamed live on Twitter Spaces from San Francisco, regarding false information and hate speech on the website.
He asserted that since the takeover, there had been less false material posted on Twitter and that his attempts to remove bots, or automated accounts, will reduce fake news.
Yet a lot of independent authorities disagree. Other studies have documented a rise in interaction with well-known accounts that distribute false information following Mr Musk's takeover.
He frequently questioned if journalists were impartial truth-tellers and asserted that he put greater faith in "regular people" instead.
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