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I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young.

A desert is a place without expectation.

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.

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

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

When you are young, there is so much ahead of you, it's like the Saharan desert. You can't even see across it.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

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.