When he sat alone in the darkness and cried and was done, all done with it, nothing had changed. His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing.
Gary PaulsenIf books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that canโt be in books. The book needs you.
Gary PaulsenPersonal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me.
Gary PaulsenI am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a dogteam, picking through the foothills of the mountains by my ranch in New Mexico on horseback, or on the ship of my sailboat on the Pacific - so I guess it made sense to me that both Brian and Samuel would find their challenges and adventures, if that's what you call them, in the woods.
Gary Paulsen