I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too.

Death steals everything except our stories.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

If you know, say it, and if you don't know, be honest and say you don't know.

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.

The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.

The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence proclaims 'all Men are endowed by their Creator.'

I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.

Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.