Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan.

If you look through all the different cultures. Right from the earliest, earliest days with the animistic religions, we have sought to have some kind of explanation for our life, for our being, that is outside of our humanity.

Maternal behavior helps when you have to be patient with nonverbal creatures.

Terrorism is usually fueled by poverty, and the fanatical faith of the terrorists who truly believe that the more people they kill who do not subscribe to their faith, the greater their reward in heaven.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

If you do microcredit with men, they tend to quickly drink it. They don't pay you back.

People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they can still be horribly abused and are every day. You don't have to go to some far off land, far away place; we have a lot of child abuse in our own society.