As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.

That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.

I live in a high-rise apartment building, so I just have two cats. They're both pound kitties. One of them, Dick, is an evil, foot-biting cat. When I write a tiger morph, I'm always imagining Dick.

When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.

What I love about being a member of KISS is that we're the 'John Glenns' of rock - we always have to be the first in anything we do, and I love that.

I've had ideas for romantic comedies, but it would be a much more darkly comic version than what usually sells tickets.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great pleasure and an escape.