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This was one of the places people told me to go, it was one the big trips that you should see: Alaska.

There's a lot of people around Alaska now who are actually running the place who claim to just have gone there for the summer once 30 years ago. And that seems to be what happens.

What I miss most about living in Alaska is the fishing.

I like Alaska for the salmon fishing - it's fantastic there. I usually stay in a log cabin with no one around for miles. I like to go with friends, but I'm also happy to be on my own with nature.

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.

It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.

The light in Alaska in particular is so beautiful. So beautiful! Such incredible light.

I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.

Nobody is accidentally in Alaska. The people who are in Alaska are there because they choose to be, so they've sort of got a real frontier ethic. The people are incredibly friendly, interesting, smart people - but they also stay out of each other's business.