Autism is the filter through which all my other senses must pass, both input and output.

I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.

Autism is not a disability, it's a different ability.

Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out.

Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.

One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.

Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.

If you can't see the gift in having a child with autism, you're focusing too much on the autism and not enough on the child.

Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.

Having a child with Autism can mess with your head: You feel like you can move mountains for them yet you're powerless at the same time.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Everything is possible for him who believes

Nostalgia is the only friend that stays with you forever.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds not stones are the true monuments of the great.

I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly.

What then is the wisdom of the times called old? Is it the wisdom of gray hairs? No. It is the wisdom of the cradle.