How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions.

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed.

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.

When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks.