Success and money can really be quite blinding.

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 note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

Words I write... go through my mind, like tasting fine wine on the lips.

The man's emotions flowed back and forth like waves of the sea.

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.

I was so mad you could have boiled a pot of water on my head.

If I must die, then I will die boldly, as I have lived.

I love it. It's something I can do that makes everything else disappear.

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

The Vietnam war was fought over portion size.

When a Wall Street analyst or broker expresses optimism, investors must take it with a grain of salt.