Animals form an inalienable fragment of nature, and if we hasten the disappearance of even one species, we diminish our world and our place in it.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, what you northerners never appreciate...is that Texas is so big that you can live your life within its limits and never give a damn about what anyone in Boston or San Francisco thinks.

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

On 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years.