John D. Voelker

“I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.”

“I'm a fisherman who likes to observe and tell yarns, and so I told stories about things that I knew about.”

“I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.”

“Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.”