All my books draw heavily on my own experiences, and these are not just places I have gone to on holiday, they're… — Steve Backshall Adventure Copy Share Image
The older I've got, the more I've yearned for heritage, for a sense of belonging and coming from somewhere. — Steve Backshall Belonging Copy Share Image
When kids ask questions there is a painful honesty at times and they will ask things that throw me. — Steve Backshall Ask questions Copy Share Image
Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that… — Steve Backshall Future Copy Share Image
Many of the animals that are traditionally seen as vermin are my life's fascination. — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
A crocodile just swung around and hit me with its teeth. It took a big chunk off my leg. — Steve Backshall Around Copy Share Image
And there are very few wild animals that can't run down a human being; the big predators would run down Usain Bolt… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
People do get hurt by jellyfish, as they do by sharks and spiders, and I have great sympathy for the anguish and… — Steve Backshall Attention Copy Share Image
I take my laptop everywhere with me, and I will write on long journeys. I will write sitting in my hammock in… — Steve Backshall I am Copy Share Image
I want to share my passion for the world's beauty and give others new reasons to care. — Steve Backshall Beauty Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be surrounded by all sorts of animals from a very young age. My sister Jo was much… — Steve Backshall Age Copy Share Image
If the world's oceans have had nearly half a billion years with sharks as the apex predators, then the delicate balance of… — Steve Backshall Balance Copy Share Image
I have deliberately stung myself with a small section of box jelly tentacle, and it felt like being burned by a steam… — Steve Backshall Being Copy Share Image
I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
People that love dogs have an emotional connection with them and I just think they are the most loving and fun pets… — Steve Backshall Connection Copy Share Image
After more than 40 years of living in the British countryside, any day I see a badger is precious. I knew the… — Steve Backshall Childhood Copy Share Image
If there remain places on the planet that are un-known, unspoilt corners, a laboratory for evolution still exists - a snapshot of… — Steve Backshall Biology Copy Share Image
My wife Helen is Cornish and both sides of her family are Cornish going back at least a dozen generations. And I… — Steve Backshall Back Copy Share Image
Being charged by a furious matriarch elephant certainly had hearts in mouths, as did the snarling spitting Bengal tiger that gave us… — Steve Backshall Being Copy Share Image
I love what I do for a living and even if I wasn't getting paid for it I would still pursue an… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
