Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.

Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it.

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone

I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then you write for who you love whether she can read or write or not and whether she is alive or dead.