A fly rod extends a fly fisher's being as surely as do imagination, empathy or prayer.

Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the universe.

People think you must be crackers if you've got a psychologist but psychology is part of the building bricks to make a top athlete.

To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, “May God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

I once drew a picture of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. But I put it away after a Feng Shui expert told me about the bad vibes

Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?

Hope is an enthusiastic assurance.

If you are still breathing, you are not a looser as you still have opportunity to bring change.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.

My prayer was always: 'Lord, if You bless me, I'll thank You: but if You don't, I'll be thankful for what I have. I have plenty. I'm in good shape.'

I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea.