Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.

Places: a cold, bleak, lonely day on the rim at Muley Point, Utah. And the heart-cracking loveliness of the blood-smeared, bitter, incomprehensible slaughterhouse of a world.

Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us-if only we were worthy of it.

Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.