I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.

I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was going to put myself out there, I wanted to make sure that it was to an end. So I got involved with this congressional hearing about Parkinson's being underfunded.

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.

It’s all about control. Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to become master of your own destiny, you have more to learn. Parkinson’s is a perfect metaphor for lack of control. Every unwanted movement in my hand or arm, every twitch that I cannot anticipate or arrest, is a reminder that even in the domain of my own being, I am not calling the shots. I tried to exert control by drinking myself to a place of indifference, which just exacerbated the sense of miserable hopelessness.

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

I have so many things that I say to my kids, I just drive them crazy.