Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world.

A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.

Those with traditional sense will follow what their heart tells them is right.

Believe in something important. Pursue it wholeheartedly.

Nurture a desire to be free from the clock.

Friends can create our most cherished memories.

Have a dream in your head and a fire in your heart.

Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams.

The act of fishing – for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available – is enough.

Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.

We have the freedom of choice, to choose what’s right.

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.

To know my soul is my greatest knowledge.

If God had wanted me otherwise He would have created me otherwise.

For many years, I believed racism in America was dead and that opportunity existed for all. My beliefs were shaken when the Rodney King officers were acquitted.

My musical tastes change every week.

I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.

The Law of the Few... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger.

What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching?

From the moment an organizer enters a community, he lives, dreams, eats, breathes, sleeps only one thing, and that is to build the mass power base of what he calls the army.

How deeply one felt when alone.