Once I wept for I had no shoes. Then I met a man with no feet, so I took his shoes. I mean, it wasn't as if he was going to need them.

"Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe."

I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.

If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations all night.

I'd say I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid He might hear me.

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.