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We Don’t Like To Think Of Ourselves As Prey—it Is A Lessening Thought—but The Truth Is That In Our Arrogance And So-called Knowledge We Forget That We Are Not Unique. We Are Part Of Nature As Much As Other Animals, And Some Animals—sharks, Fever-bearing Mosquitoes, Wolves And Bear, To Name But A Few—perceive Us As A Food Source, A Meat Supply, And Simply Did Not Get The Memo About How Humans Are Superior. It Can Be Shocking, Humbling, Painful, Very Edifying And Sometimes Downright Fatal To Run Into Such An Animal.

Name The Book That Made The Biggest Impression On You. I Bet You Read It Before You Hit Puberty. In The Time I've Got Left, I Intend To Write Artistic Books - For Kids - Because They're Still Open To New Ideas.

A Book Is A Friend. You Can Never Have Too Many.

And The Last Thought He Had That Morning As He Closed His Eyes Was: I Hope The Tornado Hit The Moose.

Read Like A Wolf Eats And Write Every Day. Every. Single. Day.