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

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.

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.

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

To introduce to people a radically difference paradigm for life is to give the best response

One person's data is another person's noise.

Don't be so sure, " said Gamache. "It's a little humbling to realize the pedestal isn't quite so high after all."Brebeuf chuckled. "Welcome to earth, Armand. It's a little dirty down here.

I am fascinated at how much time we spend doing things that we don’t enjoy.

As a mom, I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

I think of a film as being like a toy train.

Im not your biggest girly girl.

Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.

Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

After a few days [in Iceland] I tried to take a photograph. But with my attempt to distinguish the first shot, the place disappeared on me.... I hadn't been in Iceland long enough to simply be there.