. . . . spending more time with my fly firmly attached to the branches of trees and almost none of it attached to the lips of a trout.

It's just that the longer I fish, the more I long for simplification and lightness.

...secretly I lament the hundreds [of fish] we never caught because we forever persisted in fishing only the likliest holding water.

They think they’re runnin’ the country but all they’re doin’ is writin’ the reports.” From Homesteader

Camillo always say we are on earth to learn. I think I want to teach. I want to teach history so that the world does not have to repeat our mistakes.

It can take a surprisingly long time to get from one part of my mind to another.

When you question what you believe, you leave the world, really, and what the world believes. It puts you in a very interesting position.

They build too low who build beneath the skies.

This search for happiness can knock us out of sync with God. As the life of Jesus makes clear, keeping in sync with God is about obedience. Any other pursuit will get in the way.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

The normal 21-year-old doesn't have to worry about their night out being put on TMZ.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.