It is in midwinter that I sometimes glean from my pines... a curious transfusion of courage.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

There can be no doubt that a society rooted in the soil is more stable than one rooted in pavements.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Writers are like onions, layers upon layers upon layers.

A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.

'White Material' is about courage and craziness.

It was reported today that Michelle Obama wants her mother to move into the White House with them. Yes. This is expected to be the first time Barack uses his veto power.

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.

I'm inspired by anything. Not even just art, just anything that's real and vulnerable.

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

every thought is strictly speaking an after-thought.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'