Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

No animal has to suffer for me to live.

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.

We have a deep need to affiliate, to be around people, and no creature on earth spends as much of its life depending on others as we do

Its difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

Modeling was pretty difficult back then. I did not find the business something that I had an interest in. I wanted to be a veterinarian.

For me reading the book [The Exorcist], I had the same questions that everyone else had. How does she jump up and down off the bed? How does her head spin around? How does she throw up?

If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.

... science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy.

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.

Live like yourself, was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.

Every increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear

I suppose they're confident. I think younger guys love the idea of a divorced woman who's going to teach them how to be a man.

Most people if I like their music, I can get good pictures.

At some point he has to show that he has a vision of a better way. He can't just say 'The future is bleak, follow me.' Because no one will.

As far as our physical form, the mind is a great temple. But it has a life span and it dies.

I've read the Bible. I think the Bible's a great book, but it's a novel. It's beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.