Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look – historical ignorance remains a national characteristic. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
You 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. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
No 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. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends’ boyfriends – and he accepts it. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
If 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. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
Members 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. Larry McMurtry Read Quote
