No animal has to suffer for me to live.

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.

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.

Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion.

So many mothers are unable to let their children go into the adult life and become literally attached to them giving rise to codependency

Be positive, be happy and be thankful.

when i run i run fastwhen i read time whirls pastwhatever you do todaydo it in the best possible way

I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one.

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

I'm into scales right now.

How soon will you realize that the only thing you don't have is the direct experience that there's nothing you need that you don't have?

Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.