You get these fear memories that are hard to undo.

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?

A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.

I don't confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger

Things that are truly innocent don’t need to be labelled as such.

Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

Beauty crowds me till I die.

Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions.

The deeper your belief, the deeper your pockets.

We see, we feel, we change.

Never deny passion, for that is to deny Who You Are, and Who You Truly Want To Be.