In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.

My grandmother said it very simply: "If you don't like dogs, you don't like humans, and vice versa." I really believe that.

Many of the local institutions and politicians and veterinarians are involved in illegal trade. To crack that down, it's a big crime and big names to reveal.

I think there is a scientific approach to it and there is a political approach to it and an economical approach to it. All of this combined, we might find a solution.

There's so much beauty in Africa, but it's not endless.

There's so much beauty in Africa, but it's not endless. We have to prevent these crimes and these awful, awful killings. I just hope people pay attention to it.

I think we all have a piece of wild in us that we want to protect. It was a very organic choice for me to support this organization [African Wildlife Foundation].

The question to ask is what will satisfy you? What will bring you peace? And perhaps the answer to those is in asking yourself when you were last happy.

Perhaps the whole of life is a continuousinterconnecting of miracle, but we don't always realise it.

Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.

Vietnam was worse than immoral - it was a mistake.

The state of mind that you are in causes you to act in a certain way. Your actions will bear results. The ultimate result of all karmas and actions is state of mind. You are your state of mind.

I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.

I am notorious. I will go down in history as another Lady Hamilton.

If there is anything unique about my writing it is the way that I combine poetry and prose, not just on the level of having a poem here, prose there, but that it really is a true amalgam.

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work.