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I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.

Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive.

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.

An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable.

As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.

When people are thinking, we are quite inventive animals.

I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.

I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.

The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment.