The first part of my life was to be an actor and maybe have some success at that. Then [it was time] to find somebody to be in a relationship with and have a life that way. Because of Parkinson's, I had to change: How can I be of service here? Is there something unique to my situation that I can use to help people? I did not have the wherewithal to invent that. It just happened in front of me and had me join in.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked my father, up my ass.

My age makes me think how valuable life is. How bad is something like Parkinson's in relation to not having life at all?

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.