Cormac McCarthy Quotes
Whether in my book or not, every man is tabernacled in every other and he in exchange and so on in an endless complexity of being and witness to the uttermost edge of the world.
Quotes to Explore
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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There are a lot of historical novelists who do the research about the clothes and maybe even the eating utensils, but they're basically taking modern people and putting them in old drag - it's sort of the 'Gone With the Wind' approach.
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We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
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I like to read novels where the author seems knowledgeable, like someone you know you could walk calmly next to through a complicated situation, and he or she would be alive to its meaning and ironies. And you wouldn't even have to mention them out loud to each other.
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Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
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Maybe we could find some way to send barges of trash to the sun and incinerate it all. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea!
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I'm not in the business to make people aware of me, and publicists are very expensive - they're $3,500 a month! I don't want to spend that kind of money so I can get a stupid article in 'Interview' magazine.
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Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.
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It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion. If evil has a geographical place, and if the evil has a name, that is the beginning of fascism. Real life is not this way. You have fanatics and narrow-minded people everywhere.
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May your future be limited only by your dreams!
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Whether in my book or not, every man is tabernacled in every other and he in exchange and so on in an endless complexity of being and witness to the uttermost edge of the world.
