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I used to think that only people who were crazy were attracted to the desert, but once you've lived there, you become that way anyway.

I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

I always thought that people who live in the desert are a little crazy. It could be that the desert attracts that kind of person, or that after living there, you become that. It doesn't make much difference. But now I've done my 40 years in the desert.

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

I've accompanied several dying people on their travels, and the desert seems to be a favored destination. It is very hot and dry and lyrical in its own way.

My mother's English, and she always was fascinated by the desert.

I grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran Desert, which is - extends to both sides of the border. I'm really from that part of Mexico, also. And I hate that there's a fence, you know, running through it.

Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I know these mountains, rivers, mesas and canyons well, so it's been natural for me to draw on my own personal experiences here.