Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our relationship.