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The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to do with 'The Wind in the Willows.' I must have picked up a rather anthropomorphic view of them.

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

I love the farm, I love growing stuff.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.

I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.