Quotes about "Neurodiversity & Different Abilities"

Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities? ”

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters. ”

I write in two very different places: my desk in Palo Alto, California, is piled high with myriad jumbled books and papers whose stratigraphy is a challenge. Summers in Bozeman, Montana, I write in a spare space, surrounded by interesting rocks and fossils instead of books, on an old oak table with nothing but my laptop. ”

We think of our prison inmates as the dregs of society, and we scorn them and push them off to the side and forget about them. We have to remember that they are humans, and they have rights, and yes, they did wrong, but we all have one shot at doing wrong, you know? ”

I think, overall, there is a lack of diversity in the arts. I'm thinking about when I was in grad school: I could probably count on one hand the number of minority students in the graduate school program. ”

We define family in many different ways: not just by blood but by people with whom we find a common ground and a common bond. ”

A friend of mine works for Autism Speaks. It's an amazing cause that is making a real difference in the lives of so many people. ”

Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality. ”

Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. ”

Luke Cage' is a gift. There's so many different ways you can look at it. ”