I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

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 have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like.

You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him.

If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper.

Disease is a non-partisan problems that requires a non-partisan solution.

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.