A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.

Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.

There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the habits of trout and little more about the manner of taking them.

Don’t blame others. it won’t make you a better person.

The best stories will come from jail, the people which are in the prison, also and from the victims.

And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season

The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates

I probably have a different mental approach to swimming than most people. I actually enjoy training.

We're all made up of many parts, other halves. Not just me.

Even the best computer in the world has no idea that it exists. You do. No one knows what creates that ineffable awareness that we're here.

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.

I love watching the romantic comedies of the late '50s and early '60s. I used to have a rule that if Tony Randall's in it, it can't be bad.