Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

It's the family you choose that counts.

If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.

If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

Being human complicates things.

The number of agency people required to shoot a commercial on location is in direct proportion to the mean temperature of the location.

All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man!

I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents to thank for that.

Gastronomy has to catch up to the evolution in technology.

Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.

I am not a supporter of buying a national team.

I always tell the producers, if I can't get the girl at the end of the picture, at least give me more money.

I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.