Eric Davis Quotes

I was very surprised to learn how many cancer survivors are out there and how they instantly rallied to my support.

When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

I have met women who said, 'I started reading you when I sat in the chemo chair, and it made me feel better.' That is as humbling as it gets, to know that you, in some way, made the worst day of their life a little bit better.

I want the other Victorias out there, the people that are suffering or going through something, to keep fighting.

You know what the doctors call me? 'The Cancer Warrior.'

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.

You can manage cancer. You don't have to be degraded by humiliating treatments and protocols. And in some cases, you can be cured of cancer.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life and has guided me on how to act and conduct myself. A lot of my strength comes from her.

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, 'I didn't kill myself because of Buffy'.

If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.

This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.

This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

I want to stand on a platform in the middle of Times Square and shout, 'You do not have to battle your Crohn's disease alone.'

'Precious' is strangely uplifting. It goes down into the valley but it also goes to the mountain tops. A lot of difficult realities are explored in 'Precious,' but the peaks make the valleys and the valleys make the peaks.

There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.

Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.

Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors.

We all have our things that we go through, and I wanted to be an artist that people could listen to and feel like they're not alone. I want to be empowering.