Q 6

PLAYBOY: What's the difference between boys and girls?

Koko: Corn there [points toward floor] good. [Koko gets corn, because her floor is clean. Michael doesn't, because his is dirty. The morning before the interview took place, Michael hadn't received a corn treat, because he had urinated on the floor. The gorillas are toilet trained.] Girl people. [Koko thinks of herself as a person and of Michael as an animal.]

Q 7

PLAYBOY: Which sex smells better?

Koko: Girl girl.

Q 8

PLAYBOY: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Koko: Polite want good. Gorilla good.

Q 9

PLAYBOY: What don't people understand?

Koko: Sorry good. [When I say I'm sorry and I'll be good] Frown look lip [her sign for female] pimple [people] fake tooth. [They frown when I want to look at women's fake teeth.] Gorilla don't know Koko love good. [Gorillas and people don't know that Koko loves to be good.]

Q 10

PLAYBOY: What do you think of our language?

Koko: Fake lie good

Q 11

PLAYBOY: What's your most troublesome thought?

Koko: That. [Points toward gold-foil pattern on one of her scraps of fabric. Koko wants a gold tooth so badly that the night before, she had put a piece of gold braid into her mouth and swallowed it. Koko puts the gold foil against her first right upper molar, as if trying to make her tooth a gold one.]

Q 12

PLAYBOY: When is the kitten more trouble than it's worth?

Koko: Cat bad good. Frown eat there. [Points to her cereal--referring to the fact that her cat has, on occasion, eaten it]