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.

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.

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.

Only the ignorant think they alone are responsible for an outcome

We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are

Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this.

The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn't understand and couldn't afford.

All money is essentially merchandize.

Never trust anything you read in a travel article.

Of course most people underestimate the warrior characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman peoples anyway. It takes a heap of piety to keep a Viking from wanting to go sack a city.

Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.