A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.

For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.

I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!

I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.

Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library - all this keeps me quite busy!

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?

I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.

For the first few years we lived in a tiny rented cottage at the bottom of a friend's garden. We often joked that there was plenty of film in the fridge, but not too much food!

So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!

I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.

All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.

A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.

Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.

In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses.

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.

Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while.

I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.

I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.

We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

While it is important to maintain a balanced approach to solving our nation's energy problems, we must commit ourselves to recognize some areas as 'off limits,' and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment.

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans.

All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.

One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife.

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.

A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

Our lifestyle, our wildlife, our land and our water remain critical to our definition of Wyoming and to our economic future.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.

A lot of money could be saved if we ate urban wildlife.