Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too.

Death steals everything except our stories.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

GOD is foolishness and GOD is wisdom all at the same time.

Nature has no beauty forbiddenManmade concrete slab: guilt-riddenWings or leaves whatever we may careThose limbs with the birds only trees will share

If pure, eternal, unconditional Love is the foundation on which you stand, even if all else falls away, you are still valuable because you are loved.

Things so seldom go exactly the way we plan.

We split up over religious differences - she worshiped money . . . and I didn't have any.

I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.

Home is now behind you, the world is ahead!

I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.

Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.

I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate.