I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

Am I going to be able to be the person I want to be in this relationship?

There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me.

I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.

My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on a hot, dreadful day with no place to go, to go out and draw our chickens with pastels. My parents gave me a sense of wonder.