“The bigger the words the weaker the voice.”

“To find meaning in our lives we need consistent exposure to kids, elders and animals... cuz kids and animals aren't looking for it, and elders are the closest to finding it.”

“If what makes a person an artist is their work, they should be admired; if what makes a person an artist is themselves, they should be adored.”

“I don't write comedy. I write drama that's funny.”

“I wish dogs understood: 'We're going in five minutes.”

“Talent is being unabashedly and unapologetically fearless in the work that you do. The only difference between having talent and not having talent is fear.”

“Even the Middle Ages, which condemned and punished animals in due form, was in this way much closer to them than we are. They held them to be guilty: which was a way of honoring them. We take them ...”

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”