As animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die.

True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within.

People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it's with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage.

If a novel's salient aim is virtue, I want to throw it against the wall.

If you have enough fantasies you're ready in the event that something happens.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

But vegetarians can eat this...Because intestines aren't even meat, Liz. They're just sh$*.

We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama!

Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

Walking around a slum in a third world country quickly puts into perspective what really matters in life. It grounds you in a way that you can't experience without getting out of your bubble at home.

Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.