11 Quotes & Sayings By Thomas Mcguane

Thomas McGuane was born in Tacoma, Washington on May 16, 1931. He lived on a farm as a child and as a young man he worked as a cowboy on ranches in western Texas and Colorado. He joined the army at age 17 and served as an infantryman during the Korean War, where he was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart. After his discharge from the army, McGuane rode horses on ranches and worked as a ranch hand and horse wrangler and as a fishing guide in Alaska, before becoming a professional writer in New York City Read more

His first book of stories, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, was published in 1966. Since then he has published twenty-nine books of fiction, non-fiction, personal essays, travel narratives, diaries, memoirs, essays, and children's books.

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It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing. Thomas McGuane
Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's...
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Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about. Thomas McGuane
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We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others. Thomas McGuane
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They were unironic enthusiasts for all the mass pleasures the culture offered: television, NASCAR, cruises, Disney World, sports, celebrity gossip, and local politics. Szabo often wished that he could be as well adjusted as Melinda's family, but he would have had to be medicated to pursue her list of pleasures. Thomas McGuane
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Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana. Thomas McGuane
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It's funny but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune and you never know when it will befall you. Thomas McGuane
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After fifty years of living it occurs to me that the most significant thing that people do is go to work whether it is to go to work on their novel or at the assembly plant or fixing somebody's teeth. Thomas McGuane
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My parents and my sister died... very close together, and after that, I lost quite a bit of my sense of humor. Most of it I think has kind of come back, but I know there was a time when I didn't think things were funny anymore. I kind of think they're funny again. Thomas McGuane
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Marriage is anti-romantic - husband and wife are terms like 'turkey' and 'goose.' Worse, they denote ownership. Thomas McGuane
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I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone. Thomas McGuane