I love to write and I love the natural world. Everything I've written about I've found exciting and it has never left me at a loss for words. I've always just done what I love. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do. Bando sniffs deeply and shakes his head. We were left out when it comes to smelling things, he says. I would love to… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
I am actually looking most forward to seeing the country again. It's a wonderful town and the wilderness around there is beautiful. The falls… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
Cat talk is a complicated, self-centered language. If you speak to your cat first, it probably won't speak back. Cats initiate conversations. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
“There the old Eskimo hunters she had known in her childhood thought the riches of life were intelligence, fearlessness, and love. A man with… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
The dog wags its tail only at living things. A tail wag, the equivalent of a human smile, is bestowed upon people, dogs ,… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
