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

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.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

There is no such thing as can't.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

People may never understand this - and perhaps I should give up caring whether they do or not - but the idea of me playing Superman is so far away from what I was brought up to aspire to.

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.