美国《时代》杂志前总编沃尔特·伊萨克森是史蒂夫·乔布斯唯一授权的传记作家,谈起撰写《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》时他说:“其实,乔布斯对写传记这件事很恐惧,很顾虑,虽然如此,他还是决定让我写,对我说:‘我想让我的孩子了解我,我希望他们知道我为什么不经常在他们身边,并理解我做的事情。另外,在我生病以后,我意识到我已经死了,其他人肯定会写我,而他们根本不了解我。他们会全都搞错。所以我想确保有人能听到我说的话,而这件事情只有你能做好,因为你很擅长让别人开口说话。’” Walt Isaacson, former editor of Time magazine magazine, was the only biographer authorized by Steve Jobs. When writing about the biography of Steve Jobs, he said: "Actually, Steve Jobs wrote a biography Fearful and concerned, though, he decided to let me write and say to me: ’I want my kids to know me, and I want them to know why I do not often be with them and understand what I do. After I became ill, I realized I was dead, and others would definitely write me, and they did not know me at all, and they would all make mistakes, so I wanted to make sure that someone could hear what I said, and that thing Only you can do it because you are good at letting others speak. ’