No one else can hold your hand or take this voyage of the soul for you.

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.

To enjoy each breathing day, you have to set time aside to play.

A family that never embraces life's risks never really lives.

I’m starting to get used to this feeling of not caring about anything.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me.

An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.

Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the "hot passion" of the day.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

I've gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don't know, or I think.

Never judge. Step in their shoes.