Whereas an elephant that was scared to death that diesel powered equipment, equipment that ran on a gas engine, was just fine. Because somebody had attacked it with construction equipment. But if it had a diesel engine, it was bad.

I am a big believer in early intervention.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

Things like microphones are dangerous things because you never know when they might feedback and squeal.

My life is basically my work.

You could train cats do things, a lot of people don't think cats aren't trainable. Cats can be trusted just a friend.