Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves.

My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.

It does not demean men to want to be what they imagine the wolf to be, but it does demean them to kill the animal for it.

If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.