People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland becomes too constant and too loud.

I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.

There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.

You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple.

We all have to meet our match sometime or other.

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.

I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.

If a rabbit gave advice and the advice wasn't accepted, he immediately forgot it, and so did everyone else.

One cloud feels lonely.

If I choose to take the pen from God and write the story of my life without Him, I better have plenty of erasers and a whole lot of white-out. Better yet, I should invest in a good shredder.

Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over

You're all we have left of him.

I don't go back home to Sardinia as much as I would like, just for Christmas and family events.

I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything.

I think Instagram at its best is where you feel like you're getting the most authentic version of the person on the other side of the camera.

What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.