It is almost as hard for us to sense our own species quality as it is to sense our species smell.

Wilderness without wildlife is just scenery.

The wolf's clear, intelligent eyes brushed mine. The wolf is gentle-hearted. Not noble, not cowardly, just nonfighting.

Wolves ... are a balance wheel of nature.

How long have you been standing there?""Just long enough to see you give Daemon the middle finger.""He deserved it.

Stop trying to make everyone happy. You're not tequila.

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages - just don't catch him at breakfast. Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.

Never lose your sense of the superficial.

I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.

To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there lies the value of wilderness.

I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.

Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.

If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.