There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.

A house is not a home until it has a dog.

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

When man continues to destroy nature, he saws the very branch on which he sits since the rational protection of nature is at the same time the protection of mankind

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the evening instead of television.

My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.

They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the past are a form of injustice.

I would love to become a poor writer as per my choice then a billionaire businessman as per them...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.

Anyone who says I would never hit a woman hasn't met my x girlfriend.

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism.

Our opponents see an America in which every day is April 15, tax day. Well, we see an America in which every day is the Fourth of July.

On the court, I'm not afraid of anything. I try to have confidence and have a belief in myself.