Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.

In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.

Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.