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Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer.

Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.

I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.

There are times when one certain snow condition is great for one particular brand of skis.

I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.