Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals.

Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.

Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all.

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.

If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love.

If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine how difficult it is for animals that you are not vegan.

Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.

Every sentient being values her/his life even if no one else does. That is what is meant by saying that the lives of all have inherent value.

Acceptance is the vessel of realization.

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot .

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

Family is forever and the most important foundation in life.

Jackson Rathbone—he is a prankster. Constantly scaring people from behind, stuff like that.

It is not happiness until you capture it and store it out of the reach of time.