Cormac McCarthy Quotes

People apparently only read mystery stories of any length. With mysteries, the longer the better, and people will read any damn thing. But the indulgent, 800-page books that were written a hundred years ago are just not going to be written anymore, and people need to get used to that.

Cormac McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 20, 1933

Topics

PeopleBetterMysteryDamnWillGet

It doesn't matter what I use. It can be anything. What's interesting is how what I'm doing meets with the stuff I use.

Jessica Stockholder

InterestingDoingMatterAnything

I think we all have madness in us, it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out.

John Glover

ThinkMadnessWayOutUsMine

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

Jennifer Aniston

GoodRelationshipCollaborationThink

I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.

Ron Davies

QuestionRepeatClearAgainMade

The problem of the tall office building is one of the most stupendous, one of the most magnificent opportunities that the Lord of Nature in His beneficence has ever offered to the proud spirit of man.

Louis Sullivan

NatureManBuildingProudProblem

So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.

Lois Lowry

ImportantSayWantThingsBooks

It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.

Donnie Wahlberg

ResponsibilityBestWavesYouWant

It's hard to explain, but it's a beautiful thing to watch in wrestling when someone loses in the exact perfect way.

Bret Hart

BeautifulSomeonePerfectWayHard

We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but racism lives.

Bob Beckel

RacismBlackLongWayPresidentYes

Growing up, I was a huge fan of horror movies. There's nothing more fun than going into a movie with a smile because you know you're going to be scared to death. There's something thrilling about sitting there waiting for a scare to happen.

Ashley Bell

SmileDeathFunWaitingGrowing Up

'Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.

Phil Lord

LifeWorkFamilyStoryWeirdComedy

We haven't yet found a speck of evidence for biology on another world, so we have no objective way to judge whether life is a onetime fluke or a near-inevitable phenomenon.

Seth Shostak

LifeWorldJudgeLife Is ABiology

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