Character is very much a matter of health.
And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.
And now I know it is perfectly natural for me not to look at someone when I talk. Those of us with Asperger's are just not comfortable doing it. In fact, I don'treally understand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs.
It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.
In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.
Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.
Saying you "have" something implies that it's temporary and undesirable. Asperger's isn't like that. You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.