I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.

I have never been disabled in my dreams.

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

I don't think actors are to blame for poor writing. The culture changes first, and the theater follows it. In the case of the movies, it's the same thing.

America is better when all of us take care of all of us.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.