We are supposed to write poetry to keep the gods alive.

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.

People say it is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money you can have a key made.

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.

Big pharma has a strangle hold on the politicians. They're stepping over the corpses of the children of America to cash their checks.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there was a question like 'What year did that happen?', I'd lift my skirt up and have a look.

Blessings are not known till they be lost.

The key holds the truth

I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

Most of my dancing is actually convulsions from having to listen to my own music