I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night. Gary Paulsen More Quotes by Gary Paulsen More Quotes From Gary Paulsen School didn't work for me. I hated it. Gary Paulsen hated school Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh. Gary Paulsen divorce car thinking 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 alaska challenges adventure He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream. They had taken it all away from him now, they had turned away from him and there was nothing for him now...He was alone and there was nothing for him. Gary Paulsen taken games dream Initially, he worried that he might be going crazy. But then he decided if you felt you were crazy you weren't really crazy because he had heard somewhere that crazy people didn't know they were insane. Gary Paulsen insane crazy people This is going to be murder," Fransic whispered to Mr. Trimes. "Pure murder." "I'm glad to see your confidence returning, Mr. Tucket. Just a few minutes ago you were ready to give up. Now you're talking about killing him." "I meant it the other way." "Oh. Gary Paulsen giving-up talking way He had to keep thinking of them because if he forgot them and did not think of them they might forget about him. And he had to keep hoping. Gary Paulsen forget might thinking And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose. Gary Paulsen moose eye morning When he sat alone in the darkness and cried and was done, all done with it, nothing had changed. His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing. Gary Paulsen hurt self dark That's all it took to solve problems - just sense. Gary Paulsen solve problem Stories are like a river that flows - you dip a bucket in it Gary Paulsen buckets stories rivers The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails. Gary Paulsen bail failing persons 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 writing war country Running with dogs is like dancing with winter Gary Paulsen dog winter running This beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath. Gary Paulsen beautiful inspirational funny I'm a teller of stories. I put bloody skins on my back and dance around the fire, and I say what the hunt was like. It's not erudite; it's not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker, and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire. Gary Paulsen ride dance fire romantic Humans are the big thing that cause damage in life - in war or whatever - and if I can get away from that and into a wilderness situation, I'm OK. You can more or less live on your own merit. Gary Paulsen you situation war life In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing. Gary Paulsen experience expression want way I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, but Melville was a drunk who beat his wife. 'Moveable Feast' by Hemingway, but I would not like him personally. He was a stupid macho person who believed in shooting animals for fun, but that book was incredible! Gary Paulsen drunk wife stupid book Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits. Gary Paulsen down better good look
