Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me.

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

Love of man for woman--love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.

What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of cold dark death.

There are always greater fish than you have caught, always the lure of greater task and achievement, always the inspiration to seek, to endure, to find.

Never insult seven men when all your packing is a six-shooter.

Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.

There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

I will see this game of life out to its bitter end

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

There in the gap between what my eyes see and what my mind is unable to explain, I am sure the absolute truth lies, yet, I cannot grasp it.

If you are only focused on the Money... You risk completely overlooking the People.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.

Never ask for permission to smile.

Most of everything is very little of not very much at all.

Hate is only conquered by love.

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

I will work and fight for stem cell research.

It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.