In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

Life is a bitter sweet journey my friend, a bitter sweet journey.

People are already disappointed by their acquaintances, they can not handle anymore hate from stranger, so show some instantaneous kindness and forgiveness to them.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered.

I'm like Demerol... No disrespect to the Jacksons, but I kill mics.

I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

The universe is permeated with the odor of turpentine!

My studio is right on the ocean, and the sun rises right in my eyes every morning, and the energy of the sea is right there.