Sam Bryson Quotes in A Walk in the Woods (2015)

Sam Bryson: It's just kinda insane, Dad. The whole thing, at your age? Fit people in their 20's can't do it, Dad. It takes five months and five millions steps.

Bill Bryson: Of walking?

Sam Bryson: Yes.

Bill Bryson: I've been doing it for a while, you know.

Sam Bryson: Dad, hiking is not walking. Two thousand people a year try to do this. Less than 10% make it.

Bill Bryson: You ought to see the statistics on how many people finish writing a book.