...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too.

Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.

When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.

Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.

Swallows and Amazons for-ever!

. . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.

Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.

Someday my prince will come, ” she lamented softly, “too fast.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I had to learn how to trust the Lord. My faith muscles grew. Just like, you're exercising your muscles and they may be sore for a while, but they become stronger with exercise.

The Free Market is Mother Nature's way of organizing economic activity.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.

I like playing against guys because of their athleticism and understanding of the game.

One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

For many years I have devoted articles and essays to newspapers, from the inside. So criticism of the newspapers was a topic that I practiced for a long time.