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

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

I'd never walked on snow 'til I was 50, you know. There's no snow where I come from.

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

Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift.

I love snow; I love building snowman. The only thing I don't like is the cold - so if we could have a hot Christmas, that would be amazing.