I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs.

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.

A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again.

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.

That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much - in just standing and staring and I was at it again this morning.