And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.

Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.

Running with dogs is like dancing with winter

Read like a wolf eats and write every day. Every. Single. Day.

Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.

Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.

I 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.