I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising. To walk in nature is always good medicine.

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.

I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too.

Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

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

That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids.

I love to write and I love the natural world. Everything I've written about I've found exciting and it has never left me at a loss for words. I've always just done what I love.