Anthony Doerr Quotes

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.

My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.

Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

To go in the water and stare at a shrimp for three minutes and not think about anything else in the world, it's just euphoric.

Meditation is about breathing, it's about clarity, taking your time and not rushing through your thinking.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in the quiet and think about things, and sometimes it's way more relaxing to have dead silence.

I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.

I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water.

Take time to be quiet.

I would enjoy sitting in a rocker... listening to soft music and contemplating the things of the universe. But such activity offers no challenge and makes no contribution.

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

I like the pause that tea allows.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.