We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself.

Ah me son, we don't be takin' nothin' from the sea. We has to sneak up on what we wants and wiggle it away

It is in our nature to travel into our past, hoping thereby to illuminate the darkness that bedevils the present.

Don't let the facts interfere with the truth.

Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing the most vicious or revolting qualities to those they would destory; and the less reason there is for the slaughter, the greater the campaign for vilification.

The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.