His friends are strong, clean-minded men who are doing things in the world and are as necessary to his being as the air to his existence, and his generosity to them is no less marked than his caring and providing for his family, which is almost a passion.

He is extremely fond of most forms of out-door life.
The desert with its vast expanse, fierce solitude and varied colors is no less attractive to him than the peaceful quiet of wooded dells, the beauty of flowering meadows or the rugged mountains with their roaring trout streams that furnish him hours of sport with rod and line.

He enjoys hunting, horse-back riding or long tramps afoot.

But when there is work to be done it is the one thing that bulks largest and all else must wait.
After finishing "The Eyes of the World," Mr.Wright embarked on the building of a home in the Santa Monica mountains near Hollywood, California.

So in the summer of 1915 the little family of five began making their residence in the new canyon home, one of nature's delightful spots.
Then again, the author went into camp in the Arizona desert while writing "When a Man's a Man." For he finds it very helpful to live in the atmosphere of his story while doing the actual writing and he also avoids frequent interruption.