The thrill of a fish at the end of the line, that thing that sparks from the dark water to spinal cord, is a vestige of an archetypal joy that has to do with sustenance, material and spiritual.

Catch-and-release fishing is an ecological necessity, not my preference. The practice smacks of bad faith, an inauthentic act.

The worst part of losing good fish is that you cannot release them. They tailwalk across the back of your mind for days.

Love simply is.

Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.

As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

Humility means realizing that it's fun to give everything away, particularly the things that you are most attached to.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

Never forget who you are, little star.

I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.