Christopher Reeve

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis. ”

I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness. ”

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken. ”

It's important to me to say what I really mean. ”

To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift. ”

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that's nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too. ”

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ”

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ”

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never. ”

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. ”