The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.

If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's Germany and Rebecca's Sunnybrook Farm.

Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement—mating season.

I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.