The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.

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?

The value of something is not only decided by the price you are willing to pay for it. It is also influenced by its rarity.

I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.

True happiness... arises in the first place from the enjoyment of one's self and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design.

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

As actors you don't want to have one label. You'd rather have seven.

I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing.