What Steve Jobs and I did-and at the same time Bill Gates and Paul Allen did-we had no savings accounts, no friends that could loan us money. But we had ideas, and I wanted all my life to be a part of a revolution.

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.

He [Steve Jobs] had more of the future vision: We can bring this to everyone; we can start a company; we can sell it.

I wanted to be an elementary school teacher my whole life.

I just believe in whatever you're going to do, even if it's work, have a little bit of fun attitude about it. You can be happy.

Steve Jobs had very strong feelings about what makes a company great, what makes products great. He more or less chose Tim Cook to be in that role, in that position.

Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone.