Gary Paulsen

“Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.”

“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”

“Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.”

“My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.”

“The maximum expression of running dogs is the Iditarod. You enter a state of primitive exaltation, and you never return. You're never normal again.”

“I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!”