I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.

While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible.

I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve.

We're putting all of our energy into making it right. And we have already had several software updates. We've got a huge plan to make it even better. It will get better and better over time. We screwed up. That's the fact.

Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls.