I really fell in love with Africa.

- Jean M. Auel

She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions.

- Jean M. Auel

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.

- Jean M. Auel

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

- Jean M. Auel

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

- Jean M. Auel

You weren't being punished. You were waiting for me.

- Jean M. Auel

When you are alone, you have all the time in the world to practice whistling like a bird. When there is no one in the world you can turn to, a horse …

- Jean M. Auel

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my …

- Jean M. Auel

If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll ne…

- Jean M. Auel