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Novelist

American novelist known for his profound portrayal of life in the American Southwest. His works, including 'Lolita' and 'The Lonesome Dove', have won numerous Pulitzer Prizes.

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Famous Larry McMurtry Quotes

“It seemed to him harder, as he got older, to find a simple way of life.”

Life Simple Harder Older Grown Up Grown Ups Grown Simple Way Simple Way Of Life

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.”

Love Life Feelings Felt Women Only Love Missed One Person He Knew His Life Love Of His Life Meant The Most

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“A man that sleeps all night wastes too much of life.”

Life Sleep Waste Sleeping Sleeps

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“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”

Life Matter Dies Talking Doubt Dying Where You Live Augustus

Author:Larry McMurtry

“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.”

Ifs Life Said Morning Evening Augustus

Book:Lonesome Dove: A Novel

Source: Lonesome Dove: A Novel

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

Source: Some Can Whistle: A Novel

“Obviously, where art has it over life is in the matter of editing. Life can be seen to suffer from a drastic lack of editing. It stops too quick, or else it goes on too long. Worse, its pacing is erratic. Some chapters are little more than a few sentences in length, while others stretch into volumes. Life, for all its raw talent, has little sense of structure. It creates amazing textures, but it can't be counted on for snappy beginnings or good endings either. Indeed, in many cases no ending is provided at all.”

Life Littles Long Art Matter Life Is Suffering Cases Talent Goes On Structure Sentences Length Chapters Volume Editing Texture Drastic Pacing Erratic Raw Talent Good Endings

Book:Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood

Source: Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood

About the Author

Born: June 3, 1936
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 125

Books & Sources

Lonesome DoveRelated source material

Lonesome Dove: A NovelRelated source material

The Last Kind Words SaloonRelated source material

Somebody's DarlingRelated source material

Some Can WhistleRelated source material

Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890Related source material

Books: A MemoirRelated source material

In a Narrow Grave: Essays on TexasRelated source material

The Last Picture ShowRelated source material

The Lonesome Dove SeriesRelated source material

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