We've had several cats. I had a cat when I was a kid. My Aunt had lots of cats and I got lots of calls about cats.

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?

Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.

Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.

Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly.

She thought she loved him. She was crazy.

I believe in unlimited possibilities.

No-one wants to hear anything spoken in earnest anymore, unless it happens to involve unrequited, teenage love.

The recognition definitely helps and goes a long way for helping me to reaffirm my decision to purse art fulltime. Getting awards and nominations encourages me to keep trying even harder.

Should the progressives in Germany in the 30s have tolerated the National Socialists? Of course they shouldn't have.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings.