I was very concerned about helping animals improve their situations. But that was out of love. It wasn't political or out of a belief that animals had rights.

Everyone in my family is taken care of. And I enjoy this.

Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.

Everything that the Sam Simon Foundation does is supposed to help dogs and people - that's our mission.

In the pressure cooker of a TV show, it’s a little bit of a witches’ brew. I completely think I’m capable of being crazy. I probably was crazy when I was doing 'The Simpsons'.

Thanks to Bart Simpson, I have a pretty good life.

The reason my food bank is vegan is because I can't pay for animal products in good conscience.

Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.

I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.

Animals are not here for our entertainment.

I feel so guilty when I see orcas performing their stupid tricks in their little swimming pools, and when I see circuses or elephant abuse. I don't want to be in the same industry with these people.

We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.

I really believe one of the jobs of a writer is to stretch as far as you can into other voices.

Take my word for it: More people will like you if you believe that people are good until proven bad.

Our good works are like stones cast into the pool of time; though the stones themselves may disappear, their ripples extend to eternity.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived- bound, in other words, for life.

As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident.

That's the name of the game ... pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.

I love children. I'm embarrassingly baby-crazy.