When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately you accept it and you make space for it. And in making space for it,… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
To be brutally honest, for much of that time, I was the only person in the world with Parkinson's. Of course, I mean that in the abstract. I had become acutely aware of people around me who appears to have… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“I saw, during the midterm campaign of 2006, how difficult it was for opponents of stem cell research to run against hope. And so… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that the quality of a moment in time is not always a reflection of the moment in and of itself—what… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
With Parkinson's, it's like you're in the middle of the street and you're stuck there in cement shoes and you know a bus is… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“They have hopes and dreams that may echo or overlap your own. And there's no reason why you can't make room for them. But… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
