Jean Craighead George

I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.