I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.

You have to love it before you are moved to save it.

I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They're very efficient. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.

When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.

We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.