Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You dont want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldnt have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social yak yaks. – Temple Grandin
I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff. – Temple Grandin
The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. Its like being in a play Im always in a play. – Temple Grandin
People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. – Temple Grandin
Ive done four other films since Submarine, so thats quite cool. Its just good to have people respect your work Ive never had that before. Yeah, my life has changed crazy. Im a kid from a small town in south Wales, I play my Xbox usually and all that sort of stuff, and its a whole new world. – Craig Roberts