Life is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.

When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.

Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags - it's a universal disease.

I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity. My name is no longer my own. I try to lie as much as I can when I’m interviewed. It’s reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they’ll print the truth.

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.