Walter Isaacson has been making waves in the literary community recently for his book on the life of one of the most iconic figures of this century. Steve Jobs' biography has been on nearly every "best seller" list since it came busting through the gate.

In the introduction, Isaacson recounts how the book first came to be in 2004; by Jobs asking him if he'd like to write the most comprehensive account of his life-this from a man who has been notoriously private since first being thrust into the spotlight.

Though the work was started only in 2009, Isaacson has managed to interview the handful of people who were actually close with Jobs. In his conversation with Maria Tabak from the web site en.ria.ru, he talks about how the book was accomplished and what it meant to perhaps the most innovative CEO of his time.

"He saw himself as an artist, and he had a personality of an artist, he was a perfectionist. And he thought of himself more like Bob Dylan than Bill Gates. I think he thought of himself as an artist making beautiful things rather than an engineer. And he thought Bob Dylan was a great artist.

Jobs always kept improving his products and changing the way he did things. He had a passion for perfection which meant he had trouble in compromising which meant that it was sometimes hard to get a product but when it came out, it was beautiful," Isaacson said when asked about how Jobs' saw himself and how he created the products that changed the world's technological perspective.

Asked if he thought Jobs would be happy with the final outcome of the book, Isaacson replied that he thought the Apple creator would have found the book honest which is exactly what he asked for.

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