There are some people, who I'll charitably call snobs, who are dismissive of any conversation that doesn't begin with the full level of complexity. That's just not how the world works.

Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.

All artists have to do that at a certain point. This shift that has to happen between the initial moment of creation and then the consideration of what has been created.

It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.