I Don't Know What Makes A Good

Often I Have Been Exhausted On Trout Streams, Uncomfortable, Wet, Cold, Briar Scarred, Sunburned, Mosquito Bitten, But Never, With A Fly Rod In My Hand Have I Been Less Than In A Place That Was Less Than Beautiful.

The Storytelling Tradition That You Bring From The South, I Don't Know Where It Arose, But It's Still There. You Can't Go To The Feed Store, Or The Country Courthouse Without Running Into Storytellers.

I Believe That Writing Is Derivative. I Think Good Writing Comes From Good Reading.

Now That I Look Back On It, Having Retired From Being A Reporter, It Was Kind Of Romantic. It Was A Wonderful Way To Live One's Life, Just As I Imagined It Would Be When I Was 6 Or 7.

It Was So Much Fun To Have The Freedom To Wander America, With No Assignments. For 25 Or 30 Years I Never Had An Assignment. These Were All Stories I Wanted To Do Myself.