We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp.

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy.

I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit.

I once choked on a chip at a friend's birthday when I was seven and had to be sent home, as I'd broken my collarbone coughing.

You can travel the world but If you cannot let go of the past, you will never move on.

You cannot step into the same river twice

We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination.

I think with something like Watchmen you can genuinely call that a graphic novel because it has the weight and the intent of a proper novel and it also is the complete story.

I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.

I'm going to do everything I can to bring our policies in line with the way families live and work today by guaranteeing paid family leave and making child care affordable.

It's a great time to be alive and be a computer weenie.

Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar.

I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.

Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.