One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning, just like the digital one was when I was his age.

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.

I am a fruitarian and I will only eat leaves picked by virgins in the moonlight - Steve Jobs

More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.