The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work.

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?

Why had my life suddenly become a Nancy Drew mystery from hell?

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

Catastrophe and creation are twins.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

I'm tired of leaving my wife at home with no nanny and no cook to take care of four kids by herself.

The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good.

I almost feel like I'm unoffendable now. I can roll with whatever.

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty.

The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.

Look at what's in front of you, not what you've been told or what you expect or what you want to see.