Latest Gary Paulsen Quotes from Interviews

• We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.

  Gary Paulsen

  Mistake, Animal, Thinking

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

• Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me.

  Gary Paulsen

  Zero, Stories, Topics

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

• I am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a dogteam, picking through the foothills of the mountains by my ranch in New Mexico on horseback, or on the ship of my sailboat on the Pacific - so I guess it made sense to me that both Brian and Samuel would find their challenges and adventures, if that's what you call them, in the woods.

  Gary Paulsen

  Adventure, Alaska, Challenges

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

• The essence of war is insanity. Destruction, death, women widowed, children orphaned, lands plundered, property destroyed, lives decimated - it's all bad.

  Gary Paulsen

  Children, War, Land

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

• Llevo casi toda mi vida leyendo e investigando diversos aspectos de la historia: el Londres de Dickens, las batallas navales de Nelson, las exploraciones náuticas de Magallanes, las armas y batallas y los personajes clave de la Guerra Civil estadounidense. Cojo un libro aquí o allá, veo un documental o hablo con un experto en la materia, y mi curiosidad por un área de estudio y descubrimiento siempre me lleva a otra.

  Gary Paulsen

  Guerra, Libro, Lectura

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

• I can't rightly say where deciding to write about the American Revolution came from; I had bits and pieces of information about the war and about the country at that time that I'd collected over the years and, of course, I'm comfortable in the woods, so, finally, it just all feel into place.

  Gary Paulsen

  Country, War, Writing

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

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