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.

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

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

I might have skipped class, but I didn't miss any lessons.

I saw a birthday card the other day, and it said, "If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you think you were?" I started changing it in my mind right away to, "If you didn't know how sick you were, how sick would you think you were?"

I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.