He really did feel comfortable with sitting in the silences though. His '97 response to a tough question springs to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o
He doesn't actually answer the question until over 25 seconds have passed!
He takes a sip of water, sits in silence, the crowd starts heckling. Jobs gives a small quip to buy time. Sits in silence again. It's an eternity on stage.