I seek the substantial in life.

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.

There's a whole world all around more interesting, wonderful, terrifying, mysterious, amazing than any novel ever written. Pay attention. Take a chance. Dare life.

If she had looked into his eyes at that very moment she would have seen the inferno that she had thrown him into.

Tears are kind of like urine. There's only so long you can hold them in.

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlighenment and comfort at top speed

There’s nothing like the gift of understanding.

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

Certain blood will be given for half certain reasons, as in all wars.

After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.