The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life.

You know what's cool? My kids think I'm ordinary.

I think we all get our own bag of hammers. We all get our own Parkinson's. We all have our own thing. I think that we'll look at it through the filter of that experience, and we'll say, "Yeah, I need to laugh at my stuff, too."

I don't keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career.

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

It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms of DNA medical research. Restricting medical research has very real human consequences, measured in loss of life and tremendous suffering for patients and their families.

I definitely believe in a higher power.