Public downfalls are more painful and humiliating than private ones.

I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.

There's no better feeling in the world than knowing that my show played a role in stopping animal abuse or alleviating animal suffering.

Wouldn't it help Americans more, in the long run, if we were forced to accept some responsibility for the environmental wreckage we prefer to assume is totally out of our control?

What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group of strange, angry people who protest at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who've died fighting for our country.

Every decision we make - when we choose a vehicle, when we pump gas into that vehicle, when we order food - is not just a personal lifestyle choice. It's an environmental and moral choice.