Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

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.

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?

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

Politics is a delicate art of saying what people want to hear and doing what people don't want to hear

[L]anguage cannot match music's subtlety and preciseness of expression.

You rang my heart like a church bell at midnight. Trembling, I awoke to the sweet sound of love.

In a suspended psychic state, writers cull words and symbols from the mystical world of memory, imagination, and intuition.

We are our own worst enemy.

Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness

I find everything a struggle.

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.

Plainly elites in America don't want democracy. And why should they? Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.