The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Almost instantly [after my announcement of Parkinson's], I saw the first couple of days the coverage was about, you know, "Fox's Parkinson's, blah, blah, blah." Then, two days after that, I saw the coverage turn. It started to become, "Can young people get Parkinson's?" All of a sudden, the conversation turned to become about that. And that was one of the first eye-opening things.

The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.

Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to becomes master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.

You know you're old when you get a lifetime achievement award. It's a message you've been around too long.

My tattoo is that I don't have a tattoo.

If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively.