Vance Nye Bourjaily (September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010) was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist.
Now I am. . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder. . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs.
Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world.
The mark of a good party is that you wake up the next morning wanting to change your name and start a new life in a different city.
Richard Roxburgh
Phyllis McGinley
Brad Ausmus
Tim Farron
Jane Lindskold
Tim Henman
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Charles Elachi
Leroy Chiao
Eileen Collins
John William Draper