I don't have a hands - on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I'm kind to them, but there's no special bond between me and other animals...

Human creativity and innovation is going to make the exploitation of animals look not only inhumane but obsolete and cumbersome.

Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.

China is a keen observer of trends elsewhere in the world, and it's going to give our own innovators a run for their money.

There are many innovators hard at work seeking to perfect alternatives to meat, milk, and eggs. These food products will, like computer-generated graphics or photography or sound systems, just keep getting better and better until there is little difference between an animal-based protein and a plant-based one, or farm-produced versus cultured meat. That will make it easy for people to make the kinds of choices that will usher in a world with far less violence.

The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.

Especially in this Internet age, routine practices are being exposed and rightly recognized as harsh and cruel.