"I have been so busy all my life that I have hardly had time to think."

"I have always been interested in the quiet. The way it settles over everything."

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

"I have always been interested in the way the plants grow in the desert. They are so resilient."

"I often think about the first time I saw the desert. It was like a new world opening up to me."