Maybe it was the same with people: if you studied them,you'd see new and different things. But would you like what you saw? Did it depend on who was doing the looking?

I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

...but it doesn't feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.

A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.

Don’t be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.