The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you're alive and you're a human being.

There is no such thing as can't.

Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.

I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.

I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible