Paul Curtis Quotations

There is a progression of behavior, and what we are seeing right now is the last step before we start seeing attacks on people. Clearly, we are seeing coyotes grow more bold.

I have a white nano, it's very nice and I love it. What I don't love, of course, are the scratches. The screen is scratched. I put the nano in my wallet very carefully and, on taking it out, it's badly scratched.

He has the idea on the shakiest of evidence that there is a man on the other side of the state who's his father, ... And this book tells about his journey to find this man, and find out who he is, try to find his place in the world.

I wasn't thinking long term. I was in my late 20s. You're still thinking of yourself as a youngster. Retirement is so far off. Honestly, you're working so hard, you weren't really focused on the future or retirement. It was day-to-day work projects.

We have to instill fear of people back into coyotes.

We have a nice lifestyle, but we're not extravagant.

There was a bit of relief all around when the hat was returned. The hats that are soggy we put in a bucket, but she was absolutely delighted. I never got their names.

Teachers will say that kids who haven't read before really enjoyed the book, ... It can be a stepping stone to helping someone learn to love reading ... Once you learn to read and love to read, then you can really conquer anything.

Once you learn to read and love to read, then you can really conquer anything.

They gave me 60 days to look for another position.

It's just part of the life cycle. We typically see a spike in bat complaints around this time of year, when the young are just learning to fly. They don't do it very well and tend to get into odd places.

It's a serious problem when animals become habituated to people. As they lose their fear of people, they will become bolder in approaching people and may put themselves in hazardous situations they would normally avoid.

It seems I'm kind of a depressing person, ... Life's been rough. No really, I don't pick the stories that come to me. I'm not clever enough to decide where the story is going to go. The voice of the narrator comes to me and then the setting comes and then the time.

It's not autobiographical, ... It is in the sense that anything you write in first person to some extent is autobiographical because you've got to put some of yourself into it. But most of the events in there are from imagination and research.

I came from a family that has worked for a long time. My father-in-law just retired at 81. I'm keeping busy and I like what I do.