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.

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

Chimpanzees can be quite political.

We have to create more and more vegetarians, and help people to understand that it is not only the suffering of the animals (which is what made me vegetarian) but also the incredible harm to the environment, the tremendous amount of greenhouse gas created by the whole vast machinery of intensive animal farming.

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

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes and change your ways for the better!