Larry McMurtry

Date of Birth:

03-Jun-1936

Nationality:

United States

Profession:

Novelist

Larry Jeff McMurtry is a well-known American author, screenwriter, novelist, and bookseller. He is best known for putting his work in Texas or the Old West. His novels, 'Terms of Service,' 'Horseman, Pass By,' and 'The Last Picture Show,' were featured in films covering ten of the 26 nominated Awards. He won the ‘Pulitzer Prize’ with his book ‘Lonesome Dove,’ in 1985. The same novel was turned into a television series and won seven ‘Emmy Awards’ out of eighteen. He has turned on the screenplay of 'Brokeback Mountain' and his teammate Diana Ossana who participated in three of the 'Academy Awards' out of eight nominees. Read about the compilation of Larry McMurtry's famous quotes from his writings, essays, books, interviews, tweets and public quotes.

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QUOTES BY Larry McMurtry

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.

I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.

It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.

It's like I told you last night son. The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight, he added

Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.

I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.