With the Catching Ends the Pleasure of the Chase.
All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
In this sometimes turbulent world, the river is a cosmic symbol of durability and destiny; awesome, but steadfast. In this period of deep national concern, I wish everyone could live for a while beside a great river.
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.
If you rest, you rust.
I always used to be more of a city guy, and more and more I'm starting to enjoy being in nature.
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.
The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.
biographies are a little like marriages: You only have room in your life for one or two.