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I Approach Stories As A Private Educational Enterprise: I Want To Learn About Something. I Teach Myself Through Research, Reporting, And Thinking, And Then, When I Feel Like I Know The Story, I Tell It To Readers.

Every Corny Thing That's Said About Living With Nature - Being In Harmony With The Earth, Feeling The Cycle Of The Seasons - Happens To Be True.

I Teach A Non-fiction Writing Class At New York University, And One Of My Great Pleasures Is Deciding On The Syllabus.

Keeping Animals, I Have Learned, Is All About Water. Who Even Knew Chickens Drank Water? I Didn't, But They Do, And A Lot.

There Will Always Be Vain, Obsessive People Who Want To Own Rare And Extraordinary Things Whatever The Cost; There Will Always Be People For Whom Owning Beautiful, Dangerous Animals Brings A Sense Of Power And Magic.