The dog is more social. I am not saying that cats are totally unsocial but dogs are more social.

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.

I am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is that they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop. That's who you are!

To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.

Your outer world of attitudes, wealth, work, relationships and health will always be a reflection of your inner attitudes of mind.

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.

I'm a bit of a Luddite and I hate the internet.

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

You are bound to pick up influences.