I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations.

Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself.

I am actually looking most forward to seeing the country again. It's a wonderful town and the wilderness around there is beautiful. The falls there were an inspiration in my book My Side of the Mountain

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

When fear seizes, change what you are doing. You are doing something wrong.