It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn't have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that.

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink.

America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.

He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.