"I'm at home,digging in the dirt, or doing something that is very close to the Earth, because that's where I know how to survive."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

And my first very successful book was "The Good Earth."

VOA: special.2010.11.14

"What we see that because the supply of the gold is depleting, that's why the cost of digging the gold out of the earth is very high."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"They were very connected to the earth. They studied the earth.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15