Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.

Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.

Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.

The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

I went to a high school that was so dangerous the school newspaper had an obituary column.

Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

My journey has been that of a character actor.

I'm cautious about a lot of words

My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody.

I really only have Perfect Fun with myself. Other people won't stop and look at the things I want to look at or, if they do, they stop to please me or to humor me or to keep the peace.

I am certainly a liberal.

To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms