The transformation of Apple is probably the biggest tech story of the last 15 years.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

You have two choices, to conquer your fear or to let your fear conquer you.

We have regiments as innumerable as the sands...And arsenals as uncountable as the stars.

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

Without doubt, it is the greatest act of courage that is often the most fearful.

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.

There are certain models who might not be considered beautiful. I think personality is more important than looks.

We have seen pictures [of mars] where there there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.

The rules are very important in a horror movie.

None of my characters have really had jobs.

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.