...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

Death by creaming

In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets.

The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.

I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.

The arts are not a way to make a living.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most.

The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.