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

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

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

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.

Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.

Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.