Zach Anner

“Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.”

“I'd love to be 'People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.”

“My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition.”

“Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.”

“I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.”

“When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.”

“This country is pretty amazing.”

“A lot of the time, when people meet someone in a wheelchair, or with some disability, it's the first thing they notice, but they don't know how to react.”

“I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.”

“I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.”

“It's ridiculous that we are in a place where we feel like we can classify and dismiss certain groups of people just because of the way they look, or we have these standards of health - like, cellulite is something you need to get rid of. No, it isn't. It's just a part of people's bodies.”

“Spontaneity is what travel is all about.”

“It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.”

“I use an electric wheelchair because I have no sense of balance, and muscle spasticity has arched my spine like a cat's, while my legs are really just for show.”

“My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.”

“When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.”

“My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.”

“I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.”

“My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.”

“I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.”