I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.

Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.

I usually have my protein at lunch and my carbs at night - I don't mix protein and carbs.

My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.

Almost everyone has or will experience getting dumped in their lifetime. Unless, of course, you're a nun. Jesus can't dump nuns.

I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!'

I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars.

I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun.

I have my once-a-month nachos, but it's soy cheese and turkey chili on it, so it's somewhat safe. But it's still a big vice for me, because I have a big bowl of it.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

Just because you can’t find them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. You’ve got to change the way you’relooking for them. Because there are always job vacancies out there.

I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right.

The Holy Spirit would lead us to think much upon our own sins . It is a dangerous thing for us to dwell upon the imperfections of others.

I felt no need to write a German-bashing play.

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.