I think there is a way to do things right to tread lightly on the world

The diet for climbing all the time isn't really different from the diet for living. It's not like cardio sports where you're burning a bajillion calories every day.

I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned.

Courage sleeps within our heart waiting to be awoken.

Grief came in waves, sometimes big, sometimes small, but even on the calmest days, the grief remained. The tide still came ashore.

The power of gradually losing all feeling of strangeness or astonishment, and finally being pleased at anything, is called the historical sense or historical culture.

It must have been fifty seconds before Doc died.Long time.

Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me.

You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart.

A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?"

First of all, I never make a movie for awards consideration.