I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

It may not always be easy, convenient or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

Leaving James was not something Nina had thought possible, but if she could do so and still keep her children, it might be better for them, as well as for her.

They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.

I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar.

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

If it works for the piece of music, I'm going to use it. I don't want to be limited any more than [Bob] Dylan wanted to be limited by not using an electric guitar.

The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that.

I’m also fascinated by the difference between terror and fear. Fear says, “Do not actually put your hand in the alligator,” while terror says, “Avoid Florida entirely because alligators exist.