Jackie Fleming
“I do think that anything that brings attention to mustangs (as long as it is realistic and true) is a great thing.”
Brenda Cooper
“I haven’t made history by refusing to be a well-behaved woman, but I have made an enormous difference in my own life, and I like to think that I’ve made in difference in the lives of many of my students.”
Dr. Edward C. Pease
“My goal is to broaden my students’ horizons, and to give them contact with new perspectives. It’s not about force-feeding them my attitudes, but about giving them the opportunity and freedom to gather reliable information and think for themselves.”
Rebecca Howell
“I think the stunning scenery and sunny skies create a sense of calm and joy in me, that is what I gain from living out here.”
John Kandola
“For me this move out west has totally taken me out of my comfort zone. It has taken me from what was pretty much a routine life style, and put me to the test. I would not recommend it for everyone.”
K. L. Cook
“I feel my work butting up against Twain, Steinbeck, Didion, McMurtry, Proulx, Stegner, McCarthy, Katherine Anne Porter, Nathanial West, Joy Harjo, Sherman Alexie, and Rick Bass, as well as John Ford, Sergio Leone, and the schlocky history of the Western as a pulp genre.”
Chris Crossen
“In the West, you are surrounded by huge areas of public land that are relatively easy to get to and go explore. They can kill you if you don’t know what you’re doing. You feel small. You are small.”
Steve Edwards
“I like the way the West makes me feel small and humble, which is probably how a human being should feel.”