“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called. 
”

“Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills.”

“I will never buy a fish tank, because I don't believe in supporting the funding of aquatic war machines.”

“Ay, when fowls have no feathers and fish have no fin.”

“I’ve seen fish hooked who keep more patience in their worst gill than some of you have in your best moods. If you were a sandwich at McDonalds, they’d call you the McGrump.”

“To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water.”