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"Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster."
"I slowly surrender to the child in me who can't say goodbye."
"Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke."
"Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well."
"Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care."
"We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers!"
"My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning."
"Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it."
"I have never cared about setting world records, or filling my boat with fish, or, for that matter, even catching fish. I go for the experience of spending six hours in the arms of the ocean, never thinking of a single thing except chasing fish."
"I've done a bit of smuggling, I've run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy Miami, but I piss it away so fast."
"find yourself a lover who will glue you to the floor"
"Whatever thrills you, anything you love to do, just say - Someday, I will."
"I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church."
"Yeah. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun... We're showing people how, in a pretty crazy and whacked-out, dangerous world, you can still have fun."
"I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted that her children read. To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading."
"Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key."
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world."
"If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain."
"There's damsels in distress out there, and we got all this beer."
"Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too."