You get these fear memories that are hard to undo.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

You can't punish a child who is acting out because of sensory overload.

I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not learning job skills.

People with autism aren't interested in social chit-chat.

We've had several cats. I had a cat when I was a kid. My Aunt had lots of cats and I got lots of calls about cats.

Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you know, Van Gogh. And at the other end of the spectrum, you got much more severe handicaps where they never learn to speak.