Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey.

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.

The grace of birth is a divine.

People helping people, builds stronger communities

The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice.

I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators.

I think any writer coming on to Batman should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.

I love to get books, because I love to read.

A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.

So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R.