I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this., New York Times, April 19, 1992]

Cormac McCarthy
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew...
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew...
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew...
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew...
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If you are an author, you have to write. You have to be able to manage your finances, your family, your health. You have to be able to survive on what you earn just for the right to write. Even though there are some who go for this kind of writing without worries, it is very difficult. On top of that, authors are always under the pressure of deadlines that are not of their own making.

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