“My father was this big, tough guy, almost heroic in proportion to me a...” — John Burnside Quote

“My father was this big, tough guy, almost heroic in proportion to me as a child. It was only later that I saw how fearful he was.”

“This is a truth that should be repeated like a mantra: to have any chance of a ful - filling life, we require not only clean air and a steady climate, but also an abundance of meadows and woodlands, rivers and oceans, teeming with life and the mass existence of other living creatures.”

“If nature offers no home, then we must make a home one way or another. The only question is how.”

“I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.”

“I was not a very fearful kid, really.”

“I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.”