The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.

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?

I'm a little worried... Brave New World seems a bit more real everyday. . .

I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

Time cures one of everything-even of living.

I'm a child of the '60s, so I love the fact that we are returning to a time when artists are standing up.

There is no soul that does not respond to love, for the soul of man is a guest that has gone hungry these centuries back.

Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness.

Intention is power. Intention is ownership. Intention is commitment. Intention is magic.

Take a look at my family, a different father every weekend.

What is important is to have values in life. Whats important is how you are, not how you look.