What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon when you ain't got no smoked salmon.

Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.

Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter

Money is a by-product of time.

There is no point of being enlightened unless you have started enlightening others!

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice.

It's one of the curses of designing that when you look at anything, you're constantly thinking, Why? Why - why was it designed like that, and not like this?

There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .

Films like Fargo are why I love the movies.

I think every collection is always a move forward. It's the same work - the process is always the same. The interesting thing is to try to achieve a certain nothingness.

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.