Burt Shavitz

Roxanne Quimby wanted money and power, and I was just a pillar on the way to that success.

Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.

No one has ever accused me of being ambitious.

You can only punish your body so long before you're stuck with a horrendous inability to do things you'd previously been able to do.

I'm less interested in the inside of whatever it is I own than on the outside of what it sits on.

My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy.

The magic of living life for me is, and always has been, the magic of living on the land, not in the magic of money.

What do I need it for, millions of dollars? It just sounds like problems with the IRS to me.

There are so many opportunities to see the sun go down in the evening and the sun come up in the morning. The colors change on the trees, on the snow. I'm surrounded by people who are friendly and helpful.