“Working on novels, he reaffirmed his belief that nothing important could really be explained; it could only be experienced in the daily clutter of stuff that fiction was so good at cataloguing. [re: Larry McMurtry]” QuotidianFunction Of ArtLarry Mcmurtry Book:Larry McMurtry: A Life Source: Larry McMurtry: A Life
“our emotional experience remains largely unexplored, and therein lie the dramas, poems, and novels." [Larry McMurtry]” Self AwarenessNovelsFunction Of Art Book:Larry McMurtry: A Life Source: Larry McMurtry: A Life
“None of it [art] tells you anything new; it merely reminds you of something you already know but forgot you knew. And that's what Larry did." [Bill Wittliff about Larry McMurtry]” Function Of ArtLarry Mcmurtry Book:Larry McMurtry: A Life Source: Larry McMurtry: A Life
“The novel offers no startling revelations about how to cope with grief or sadness or aging. It offers what a novel can, a rich, full experience of an individual mind. [re: Larry McMurtry, Duane's Depressed]” NovelsFunction Of ArtLarry McmurtryInsight Vs Experience Book:Larry McMurtry: A Life Source: Larry McMurtry: A Life