Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.

Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.

I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.

My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her.

Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.

I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.

Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease.

We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.

Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.

I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.

I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.

One of the strangest things about writing well is that it requires two different zones in the brain--rigor and recklessness--simultaneously.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.

Nobody understands your life, but you.

I GREW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FRIEND OR 2 THAT TALKED WITH THE SOOUTHERN ACCENT.

The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

He's hard-core, but I think he's actually more of an actor.

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.