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.

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.

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

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.

There are no electromagnetic field (EMF) book millionaires yet, but that may change with the roll out of the fifth generation (5G) wireless networks.

A flower does not lose its beauty because it grew on concrete.

This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.

I am very down to earth and practical.

We'll fight 'em until hell freezes over, then we'll fight 'em on the ice.

The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being and doing.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

Life is beating against the school windows. You must quickly open the doors and go out to learn that no door must be locked against you.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition