Larry McMurtry Quotes about Life

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

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

Life, Waiting, Motorcycle

Larry McMurtry (1989). “Some Can Whistle: A Novel”, Simon & Schuster

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.

Larry McMurtry

Life, Art, Editing

Larry McMurtry (2010). “Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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.

Larry McMurtry

Life, Morning, Evening

Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.186, Simon and Schuster