Larry McMurtry's Quotes
Born: 1936-06-03
Profession: Writer
Nation: American
Biography of Larry McMurtry
Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.
Tags: Direction, Ignorance, NaturalNo illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
Tags: Car, Money, SuccessIncompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Tags: Invariably, Themselves, TroubleMembers of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made.
Tags: Easy, Nation, StoryOne of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
Tags: Deep, Projects, SenseSelf-parody is the first portent of age.
Tags: AgeTrue maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.
Tags: Become, Father, TrueIf we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
Tags: Anyone, Common, SeemsYou expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.
Tags: Country, Good, Simple