“Are we animals because we're caged, or caged because we're animals? I think it's both.”

“You think human nature is a beast, that it must be put in a cage. But it's the cage that makes the animal bad.”

“I think of animals in cages, pressed close against each other.”

“We're not animals. We're not animals. We're not animals, we're not rabbits; we're people.”

“That's the point. Every kind of animal thinks its own kind of animal is wonderful. So people getting married think they're wonderful, and that they're going to have a baby-- that's wonderful, when actually they're as ugly as rhinoceroses. Just because we think we're so wonderful doesn't mean we really are. We could be really terrible animals and just never admit it because it would hurt so much.”

“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.”