“'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that ge...” — Will C. Barnes Quote

'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bunch of them into a corral, you found they did not look half so large and handsome as when they were first sighted on the prairie.

Once, no self-respecting puncher considered himself dressed for work until he had his feet inside of a pair of $15 boots made by one of the favorite boot-makers, whose merits they discussed about the camp fires night after night.

Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit.

Every author believes that the book which he is placing before the public will 'fill a long-felt want,' and success or failure depends very much on how closely he has been able to gauge the nature of the 'long-felt want.'

Drink a bunch of water and get facials regularly. I take care of my skin.

There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be shown to have no clothes.

I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people.

We're a pretty emotional bunch. You know, someone doesn't say hello to you one day and you're like, 'I cannot believe the gall!'

And when you start the season writing process, you just pitch a bunch of different ideas. In the end, you probably have 20 ideas that you like.