Facts about Larry McMurtry

Occup.	Writer
From	USA
Born	June 3, 1936
Age	89 years

Summary

Larry McMurtry is a famous Writer from USA, he/she is 89 years old and still alive, born June 3, 1936.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Larry.

Related authors: Ken Kesey (Author)

11 Famous quotes by Larry McMurtry

"One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider"

Larry McMurtry

"Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves"

Larry McMurtry

"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

"Self-parody is the first portent of age"

Larry McMurtry

"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

"Americans don't want cowboys to be gay"

Larry McMurtry

"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

"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

"Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic"

Larry McMurtry

"A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough"

Larry McMurtry

"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