Ed Woolard, his mentor on the Apple board, pressed Jobs for more than two years to drop the interim in front of his CEO title. Not only was Jobs refusing to commit himself, but he was baffling everyone by taking only $1 a year in pay and no stock options. I make 50 cents for showing up, he liked to joke, and the other 50 cents is based on performance.

For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.

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

I think that we shouldn't be fixated all the time on the ups and downs of the weekly ratings, of the quarter-hour ratings.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

There are parts of his life and personality that are extremely messy, and that's the truth

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